Descriptive  Catalogue 


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BOOKS 

ON 

Missions  and  Mission  Lands 

Suitable  for 

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note. 

This  catalogue  does  not  claim  to  be  complete. 
Every  person  acquainted  with  missions  will 
know  of  some  book  which  certainly  ought  to  be 
included.  The  aim  of  the  compiler  has  been  to 
include  the  best  and  those  only,  except  where 
as  m  some  fields,  there  is  really  no  choice  ;  and 
at  the  same  time  to  give  a  fair  survey.  New 
books  are  constantly  coming  out,  and  it  is  in¬ 
tended  to  issue  from  time  to  time  supplemental 
leaflets,  as  they  may  be  needed. 

All  the  books  in  this  catalogue  can  be  obtained 
front  the  Board  of  Publication  and  Sabbath-school 
Work,  in  Philadelphia,  or  from  its  Depositories 
in  St.  Louis  and  Chicago.  The  publishers’  retail 
prices  are  quoted  in  all  cases,  but  the  usual  discount 
will  be  given  to  Sabbath-schools  and  individuals 
purchasing  from  the  Board.  Most  of  the  volumes 
can  be  supplied  without  delay,  but  it  was  deemed 
best  to  include  a  few  books  of  high  value  that 
are  out  of  print,  and  some  time  may  be  re¬ 
quired  to  obtain  these. 


COH  RIGHT,  1894,  BY 
THE  TRUSTEES  £>F  THE 

PRESB\  TERIAN  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION 
AND  SABBATH-SCHOOL  WORK. 


THE  LITERATURE  OF  MISSIONS 


BOOKS  OF  REFERENCE. 

PRICE 

The  Encyclopaedia  of  Missions.  A  Thesaurus  of  Facts,  Historical, 
Statistical,  Geographical,  Ethnological,  and  Biographical,  with  Maps, 
Bibliography,  and  Statistical  Tables.  Edited  by  Rev.  Edwin  Munsell 
Bliss,  late  Assistant  Agent  American  Bible  Society  for  the  Levant. 

Over  1,350  pages,  with  elaborate  maps,  etc.  1891.  2  vols . net,  $12.00 

This  encyclopaedia  is  prepared  primarily  from  the  standpoint  ot 
one  who,  interested  in  foreign  mission  work,  seeks  to  enlarge  his 
vision  and  increase  his  knowledge  ;  secondarily,  from  that  of  one  who, 
looking  forward  to  a  personal  share  in  it,  seeks  to  inform  himself  as 
to  its  different  phases  that  he  may  the  more  readily  decide  where  he 
can  probably  labor  to  the  best  advantage.  It  is  distinctively  a  work 
on  foreign  missions,  yet  it  has  much  of  value  in  regard  to  home  and 
city  missions,  Sunday-school  work,  etc. 

The  Manual  of  Modern  Missions.  J.  T.  Gracey,  D.  D.  New  York,  .  .  1.25 
This  book,  by  one  who  was  himself  a  missionary  in  India,  and  has 
always  kept  up  with  the  advance  in  missions,  is  the  most,  indeed  the 
only,  complete  book  of  its  kind,  giving  Historical  and  Statistical 
Accounts  of  the  principal  Protestant  Missionary  Societies. 

Gist.  A  Handbook  of  Missionary  Information.  Compiled  and  edited  by 

Miss  Lilly  Ryder  Gracey . .  '  '  V  '  '6° 

It  contains  many  short  and  excellent  items  respecting  mission 
lands,  false  religions,  mission  wmrk,  etc.,  and  can  be  used  to  advan¬ 
tage  by  leaders  of  mission  bands  and  mission  meetings. 

Atlases. 

There  is  no  good  general  Atlas  of  Missions  in  print.  The  best  that 
has  been  before  the  public  is  that  by  Dr.  Grundeman,  of  Germany,  pub¬ 
lished  at  Gotha  in  1867.  A  smaller  edition  came  out  in  1884.  The  names, 
however,  are  in  German,  and  for  ordinary  work  it  is  almost  valueless. 

The  Church  Missionary  Society  of  England  publish  an  excellent  atlas  of 
their  work,  and  as  the  work  covers  a  large  number  of  important  fields, 
any  reader  on  missions  will  find  it  helpful.  Americans  will  miss  such 
fields  as  Asia  Minor,  Northern  Persia,  Mexico.  Ceylon,  Burma,  etc.  The 
different  societies  publish  some  maps  in  connection  with  their  Annual 

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Reports,  but  they  are  incomplete  and  unsatisfactory  for  the  general  reader. 
There  is  a  large  wall  map  of  the  world,  published  by  Colton,  New  York, 
accompanied  by  a  manual  of  90  pages,  which  is  invaluable  for  general 
reference. 


Histories. 

Short  History  of  Christian  Missions,  from  Abraham  and  Paul  to  Carey, 

Livingstone,  and  Duff.  George  Smith,  LL.  D.  Edinburgh.  1890,  .  .  $  .80 
This  is  a  manual  for  reference  rather  than  a  book  for  reading.  As 
a  manual  it  is  invaluable.  There  is  no  better  authority  on  Missions 
than  the  well-known  Secretary  of  the  Foreign  Missions  Committee  of 
the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  the  biographer  of  Duff  and  Martin. 

The  volume  is  small,  and  the  topics  are  easily  referred  to. 

Outline  of  the  History  of  the  Protestant  Missions,  from  the  Refor¬ 
mation  to  the  present  time.  Dr.  Gustave  Warneck.  Translated  by 

Thomas  Smith.  Edinburgh.  1884, . 3 j.  6 d. 

This  is  a  book  for  students  rather  than  for  the  general  reader, 
being  rather  philosophical  in  its  character.  It  contains,  however,  an 
immense  amount  of  information,  and  is  very  valuable  as  a  book  of 
reference. 


Mission  Work  in  General. 

Protestant  Foreign  Missions  :  Their  Present  State.  A  universal  survey. 

Theodore  Christlieb,  D.  D.  1880, . 75 

This  is  the  development  of  a  paper  read  by  Professor  Christlieb 
before  the  Evangelical  Alliance  in  Basel,  Switzerland,  in  1879.  As  a 
summary  of  Christian  Missions  up  to  that  time  it  is  valuable. 

Christian  Missions  in  the  Nineteenth  Century.  Elbert  S.  Todd,  D.  D. 

1890, . 75 

A  series  of  lectures  starting  with  the  conversion  of  the  Anglo- 
Saxons.  Not  so  much  a  historic  sketch  as  a  series  of  “thoughtful 
and  instructive  papers  about  them,”  referring  especially  to  the  methods 
of  missions. 

Foreign  Missions  After  a  Century.  Rev.  Janies  S.  Dennis,  D.  D.,  of 

the  American  Presbyterian  Mission,  Beirut,  Syria, . 1.5a 

The  six  lectures  which  compose  this  volume  were  delivered  in  the 
spring  of  1893  before  the  faculty  and  students  of  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary.  In  the  printed  form  they  are  somewhat  enlarged.  They 
present  a  broad,  philosophical,  and  systematic  view  of  the  missionary 
work  in  its  relation  to  the  living  Church.  No  one  can  read  them  care¬ 
fully  without  realizing  that  the  work  which  they  delineate  is  im¬ 
mensely  greater  in  extent,  more  difficult  in  character,  and  more  im¬ 
portant  in  its  results  than  the  average  American  Christian  has  as  yet 
supposed.  The  second  chapter  on  “  The  Present  Vision  ”  is  the  most 
complete  summary  of  the  condition  of  mission  fields  to  be  found  any¬ 
where.  The  problems  and  con'roversies  that  meet  the  missionary  in 
practical  life  are  stated  very  clearly.  Full  credit  is  given  to  the  good 


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in  opposing  religions,  but  not  one  jot  of  confidence  in  the  ultimate 
triumphant  success  of  Christianity  is  abated.  It  is  by  far  the  best 
book  of  its  kind  before  the  public. 

Normal  Addresses  on  Bible  Diffusion.  R.  N.  Cust,  LL.  D.  London. 

i893- 

A  series  of  papers  on  the  general  work  of  Bible  translation  and 
distribution.  Dr.  Cust  has  been  for  many  years  connected  with  the 
British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society,  is  a  man  accustomed  to  careful  and 
thorough  investigation,  and  very  bright  and  spicy  in  his  style.  His 
conclusions  are  not  always  to  be  accepted,  but  he  is  very  suggestive, 
and  any  book  of  his  is  a  mine  of  information.  The  tables  on  Bible 
translation,  etc.,  in  the  Encyclopaedia  of  Missions  were  based  upon 
some  prepared  by  him. 

Notes  on  Missionary  Subjects.  R.  N.  Cust,  LL.  D.  London.  1889. 

A  series  of  articles  on  a  number  of  topics.  Among  them  Mission¬ 
ary  Societies ;  Great  Problems  Outside  of  Regular  Evangelistic  Work, 
which  the  missionary  must  meet ;  Relation  of  Missionaries  to  the  Out¬ 
side  World.  It  is  a  very  suggestive  book  especially  adapted  for  those 
who  are  thinking  of  entering  the  foreign  work. 


Foreign  Missions.  Rufus  Anderson,  D.  D.  1869, . fi-5° 

A  series  of  lectures  delivered  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary 
by  Dr.  Anderson  while  Secretary  of  the  American  Board. 

Foreign  Missions.  A.  C.  Thompson,  D.  D.  1889, . . i-7S 


A  series  of  lectures  at  Hartford  Theological  Seminary  by  Dr. 
Thompson,  who  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Prudential 
Committee  of  the  American  Board. 

The  Divine  Enterprise  of  Missions.  A.  T.  Pierson,  D.  D.  New  York. 

1891,  . 

A  series  of  lectures  delivered  before  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
the  Reformed  Church  in  America,  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.  These 
lectures  are  in  Dr.  Pierson’s  best  style,  and  very  suggestive.  They 
cover  the  divine  thought,  plan,  work,  spirit,  and  force  of  missions, 
and  their  fruit  and  challenge.  Not  less  invaluable  for  those  who 
remain  than  for  those  who  go. 

The  Greatest  Work  in  the  World  :  The  Evangelization  of  All  People 


in  the  Present  Century.  A.  T.  Pierson,  D.  D., . 35 

A  book  of  inspiration  urging  the  pressing  forward  of  mission 
work  for  completion  at  an  early  time.  • 

The  New  Acts  of  the  Apostles  ;  or  the  Marvels  of  Modern  Missions. 

A.  T.  Pierson,  D.  D.  New  York, .  . i-5° 


A  series  of  lectures  in  the  “  Duff  Missionary  Lectureship,” 
founded  by  Dr.  Alexander  Duff,  in  Scotland. 

The  Holy  Spirit  in  Missions.  A.  J.  Gordon,  D.  D.,  of  Boston.  Six 
lectures  delivered  before  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed 

Church  in  America,  in  1892, .  •  •  •  1.25 

The  lectures  are  on  the  Holy  Spirit’s  Program  of  Missions— Prepa- 


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ration  in  Missions — Administration  in  Missions — Fruits  in  Missions — 
Prophecies  concerning  Missions — Help  in  Missions,  and  are  well  cal¬ 
culated  to  deepen  the  religious  fervor  and  missionary  zeal  of  the 
reader.  They  will  be  specially  helpful  to  those  who  are  thinking  of 
entering  upon  a  missionary  career. 

The  Crisis  of  Missions  ;  or,  the  Voice  out  of  the  Cloud.  A.  T.  Pierson, 

D.  D.  1886 . $1.25 

“  This  book  is  an  elegant  and  cogent  appeal  to  the  Church,  which 
will  warm  the  heart  and  strengthen  the  hand  of  every  one  that  reads 
it.”  It  traces  their  wonderful  history  and  shows  grand  results,  and 
dwells  upon  their  great  opportunities. 

These  for  Those.  Our  Indebtedness  to  Foreign  Missions.  William 

Warren.  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  1876, . 1.25 

A  good  book,  illustrating  the  reflex  influence  of  missions. 

Foreign  Missions  of  the  Protestant  Churches :  Their  State  and 
Prospect.  J.  Murray  Mitchell,  LL.  D.  1888.  London.  A  brief 
survey,  . 50 

The  Great  Commission.  I.  In  its  relation  to  the  home  field.  II.  In  its 
relation  to  the  foreign  field.  Rev.  M.  T.  Lamb.  1893. 

A  plea  for  consecration,  dwelling  upon  the  great  amount  that  might 
be  accomplished  by  uniform  action  in  systematic  giving. 

The  Great  Value  and  Success  of  Foreign  Missions.  Proved  by  dis¬ 
tinguished  witnesses.  Rev.  John  Liggins.  1888, . 75 

The  Success  of  Christian  Missions.  Testimonies  to  their  beneficent 

results.  Robert  Young.  1890.  London, . 1.25 

The  Evangelization  of  the  Wo'ld.  A  Record  of  Consecration  and 

Appeal.  B.  Broomhall,  Secretary  of  the  China  Inland  Mission,  .  .  .  1.00 

Miracles  of  Missions.  A.  T.  Pierson,  D.  D.  1891, . -.  .  1.00 

A  book  written  in  Dr.  Pierson’s  graphic  style,  setting  forth  some 
of  the  marvels  accomplished  by  missionary  teaching  and  enterprise. 

Presbyterian  Missions.  Ashbel  Green,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.  With  supple¬ 
mentary  notes  by  John  C.  Lowrie,  D.  D., . 2.00 

This  is  a  reprint  of  the  well-known  and  instructive  history  of  Dr. 
Qreen,  first  published  in  1838.  It  is  now  enriched  by  supplemental 
notes  from  Rev.  Dr.  Lowrie,  for  many  years  a  missionary  and  for 
many  subsequent  years  a  Secretary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board.  It 
discusses  incidentally  the  question  of  the  conduct  of  missions,  whether 
this  shall  be  by  voluntary  societies  or  by  ecclesiastical  boards.  A 
most  instructive  and  interesting  section  is  that  which  gives  the  history 
of  the  period  when  the  Presbyterian  Church  separated  from  associated 
work  with  the  American  Board. 

Historical  Sketches.  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  (North).  W. 

F.  M.  S.  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  1891, . net,  1.00 


What’s  O’clock  ?  A  Missionary  Book  for  Boys  and  Girls.  London,  .  .  $  .60 
A  book  for  young  people,  in  which  the  story  ol  Uie  different  lands 
where  the  Church  Missionary  Society  is  laboring  is  briefly  told,  i  he 
scheme  is  to  report  under  each  hour  the  land  where  it  is  the  hour 
named  when  it  is  twelve  o’clock  in  London.  For  instance,  when 
it  is  twelve  o'clock  ill  London  it  is  two  o'clock  in  Palestine,  Egypt, 
and  Eastern  Equatorial  Africa,  and  so,  under  the  title  of  “  Two 
O’clock  Land,”  a  story  of  the  missions  in  this  section  is  told.  Ihe 
book  is  a  dainty  one  and  beautifully  illustrated. 

Brief  Sketches  of  Church  Missionary  Society  Missions.  Emily 
Headland.  1891.  London . 

The  Handbook  of  Methodist  Missions.  I.  G.  John,  D.  D.,  Secretary 

of  the  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Chuieh  South,  .  1.50 
A  condensed  history  of  the  missions  of  the  English  Methodists, 
Canadian  Methodists,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Methodist  Epis¬ 
copal  Church  South,  Methodist  Protestant  Church,  and  African  Metho¬ 
dists.  The  largest  portion  is  devoted  to  the  work  of  the  missions  of 
the  Southern  Methodist  Church.  It  is  a  most  excellent  compendium, 
and  will  be  very  helpful  to  all  who  wish  to  have  brought  together  111 
one  book  the  salient  points  in  the  history  of  Methodist  missions. 

Mildmay;  or,  the  Story  of  the  First  Deaconess  Institution.  Har- 

riette  J.  Cooke,  M.  A.  London . . 140 

All  the  world  has  heard  of  the  Mildmay  Conferences  in  London. 
Comparatively  few  know  how  they  originated,  or  what  Mildmay  really 
is.  This  book  will  tell  them. 

Moravian  Missions.  A.  C.  Thompson,  D.  D.  1882 . .  •  •  2.00 

A  series  of  lectures,  giving  the  history  and  general  characteristics 
of  what  have  been  in  many  respects  the  most  remarkable  mission 
enterprises  of  modern  times. 

Centenary  of  the  Baptist  Missionary  Society.  1792-1892.  London,  1.00 
This  includes  a  general  survey  of  the  history  of  this  pioneer  Eng¬ 
lish  society,  and  sketches  of  its  different  fields. 

Missions  and  Missionary  Society  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 

Church.  J.  M.  Reid,  D.  D.  New  York .  2-75 

Foreign  Missions  of  the  Southern  Baptist  Convention.  H.  A. 

Tupper,  D.  D., . ‘  ^'5° 

Christian  Missions  and  Historical  Sketches.  Disciples  of  Christ,  .  1.50 

Present  Day  Tracts  on  the -giew  Christian  Religions  of  the  World. 

Islam,  Confucianism,  the  Parsis,  Hinduism,  Buddhism  and  Ancient 

Paganism.  Sir  Wm.  Muir,  James  Legge,  J.  Murray  Mitchell,  and 

..f  . 1. 00 

others, . 

In  Brightest  Asia.  A  record  of  travel  in  mission  lands.  Henry  C. 

Mabie,  D.  D.,  Secretary  of  the  American  Baptist  Missionary  Union. 

Illustrated, . 1-25 


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Far  Hence :  A  Budget  of  Letters  from  Our  Mission  Fields  in  Asia. 

Henry  N.  Cobb,  D.  D.,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 

of  the  Reformed  (Dutch)  Church, . •  •  •  •  •  •  $r-25 

Dr.  Cobb  has  long  been  known  as  a  charming  letter  writer.  This 
little  volume  will  add  to  the  circle  of  those,  for  no  one  can  rise  from  it 
without  feeling  a  personal  interest  that  even  surpasses  that  in  the  gen¬ 
eral  information  given.  Not  only  mission  lands  and  scenes,  but  many 
others  stand  out  so  clearly  that  one  wonders  why  he  never  understood 
them  before.  There  are  a  number  of  fine  illustrations,  for  which  the 
readers  are  indebted  to  the  kodak  of  Dr.  Cobb’s  daughter,  who 
accompanied  him  on  his  trip. 


7^  Letters  from  the  Orient.  Mrs.  A.  W.  Wilson, . 

“Brimful  of  information”  about  China,  India,  Japan,  and  other 
countries,  in  the  form  of  letters  of  a  mother  to  her  daughters.  “  Every 
page  is  sweet  with  the  sentiments  of  a  pious  and  loving  heart,  whose 
religious  enthusiasm  is  continually  overflowing.” 


Rambles  in  Missonary  Fields.  S.  F.  Smith,  D.  D.  1884,  .  . . 

Dr.  Smith,  the  author  of  “  My  Country  ’Tis  of  Thee,”  is  a  well- 
known  writer,  and  this  story  of  his  trip  around  the  world  will  be  found 
very  valuable  and  suggestive. 


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Around  the  World  Tour  of  Christian  Missions.  Rev.  W.  F.  Bam- 

bridge.  1882, .  . .  2.00 

A  story  of  travel,  including  most  of  the  more  prominent  missionary 
fields  of  the  world,  with  much  information  on  others.  One  of  the  most 
compact  and  valuable  books  of  the  kind  published. 

Morning  Light  in  Many  Lands.  Daniel  March,  D.  D.  1892,  •  •  ■  •  •  2  00 

This  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  books  of  general  desciiption  of 
mission  fields  that  has  been  published.  Dr.  March  is  a  well-known 
writer  and  made  this  tour  around  the  world  principally  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  examining  missions  upon  their  own  fields.  His  previous 
knowledge,  well  developed  through  many  years  of  acquaintance  with 
the  subject,  made  it  easy  for  him  to  know  what  to  see  and  how  to  tell 
the  story. 

Medical  Missions  ;  Their  Place  and  Power.  John  Lowe,  Secretary  of 

the  Edinburgh  Medical  Mission  Society.  Edinburgh,  ........  i-5° 

This  book  is  rather  a  discussion  than  a  description  and  is  of  special 
interest  as  being  the  pioneer  work  in  this  line  of  mission  development, 
which  has  taken  such  an  important  place  in  the  general  work. 

1-lissions  and  Science;  or,  The  Contributions  of  Our  Foreign  His- 
sions  to  Science  and  Human  Well  Being.  Thomas  Laune,  D.  D 
Boston.  American  Board.  1881.  (Called  the  Ely  \  ol.),  .  ••••■•  I-25 
This  book  was  prepared  at  the  expense  of  the  Hon.  Alfred  Ely,  of 
Newton,  and  touches  upon  the  various  topics  connected  with  what 
may  be  called  the  outside  work  of  missions,  notes  its  contributions, 
geographical  science,  meteorology,  archeology,  natural  science,  phi  o  - 
ogy,  ethnography,  history,  medicine,  the  arts,  etc.  It  is  an  invaluable 


book  of  reference. 


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Report  of  the  Centenary  Conference  on  the  Protestant  Missions  of 
the  World,  held  in  Exeter  Hall,  London,  1888.  Edited  by  the  Rev. 

James  Johnston,  Secretary  of  the  Conference.  2  vols, .  $2,00 

This  book  contains  the  papers  that  were  prepared  for  this  confer¬ 
ence  and  a  summary  of  the  principal  addresses  made.  Almost  every 
topic  of  mission  interest  is  discussed  in  them.  There  is  a  good  index 
and  there  is  also  a  bibliography,  which  formed  the  basis  of  the  bibli¬ 
ography  in  The  Encyclopedia  of  Missions.  It  is  an  invaluable 
book  of  reference  and  should  be  in  every  library.  A  little  care  in  using 
it  will  discover  a  great  variety  of  facts  put  in  picturesque  form,  and 
much  suggestive  thought. 

There  are  other  reports  of  conferences,  notably  of  the  one  in 
Liverpool  in  i860,  published  by  Nisbet  &  Co.,  London,  and  that  at 
Mildmay,  London,  in  1878,  published  by  John  F.  Shaw  &  Co.,  London. 
Neither  of  these  books,  however,  take  the  place  of  the  larger  book 
referred  to  above,  and  as  they  are  out  of  print  it  is  difficult  to  secure 
copies. 

Oriental  Religions  and  Christianity.  F.  F.  EUinwood,  D.  D.  1892. 

New  York . 1  ^ 

A  series  of  lectures  delivered  at  Union  Theological  Seminary, 
touching  especially  upon  Buddhism  and  Mohammedanism,  not  so 
much  by  way  of  description  as  of  discussion  of  their  characteristics, 
their  development  and  the  relations  to  them  of  Christian  missions.  It 
is  unquestionably  the  best  presentation  in  popular  and  brief  form  of 
the  topic  that  there  is. 

The  Religions  of  the  World.  An  outline  of  the  great  Religious  Systems. 

D.J.  Burrell,  D.  D.  Philadelphia.  1888, . • . I-25 

This  is  more  popular  than  Dr.  Ellinwood’s  book,  and  is  generally 

descriptive. 

Religious  Systems  of  the  World.  A  Contribution  to  the  Study  of  Com¬ 
parative  Religion.  . . ‘  ‘  4'5° 

A  series  of  addresses  delivered  at  South  Place  Institute  111  London, 
revised  and  in  some  cases  rewritten  by  the  authors  and  new  articles 
added.  Almost  all  are  prepared  by  the  best  available  writers  on  the 
different  topics  and  most  by  the  best  English  authority  on  the  subject. 

They  cover  not  merely  the  greater  systems,  as  Mohammedanism,  Bud- 
hism,  Confucianism,  Shintoism,  but  a  number  of  minor  forms  of  re¬ 
ligious  belief. 

Heroes  of  the  Mission  Fields.  W.  Pakenham  Walsh,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of 

Ossory.  London  and  New  York . .  •  •  ’-25 

This  book  embraces  short  biographical  sketches  of  prominent 
missionaries  up  to  the  close  of  the  eighteenth  century,  among  them 
Ulphilas,  St.  Patrick,  St.  Boniface,  Ravmund  Lull,  Xavier,  John  Eliot, 

Hans  Egede,  Schwartz,  and  others. 

Modern  Heroes  of  the  Mission  Field.  By  the  same  author . 1.50 

This  has  sketches  of  Henry  Martyn,  Carey,  Morrison,  Judson, 

John  Hunt,  Captain  Gardiner,  Alexander  Duff,  Livingstone,  Bishop 
Patteson,  and  others. 


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American  Heroes  on  Mission  Fields.  H.  C.  Haydn,  D.  D., . $1.25 

A  series  of  brief  biographies,  chiefly  of  missionaries  of  the  Ameri¬ 
can  Board,  including  William  Goodell,  Elijah  Bridgman,  Dr.  Grant, 

S.  Wells  Williams,  W.  G.  Schauffler,  and  others. 

Pioneers  and  Founders;  or,  Recent  Workers  in  the  Mission  Field. 

Charlotte  M.  Yonge.  1871 . 6j 

Biographies  of  Eliot,  Brainerd,  Schwartz,  Martvn,  the  Judsons, 
Gardiner,  and  others. 


Africa. 

In  missionary  literature  the  continent  of  Africa  is  generally  divided 
geographically  rather  than  politically.  Egypt,  Abyssinia,  and  Congo 
Free  State  are  the  only  sections  uniformly  spoken  of  as  distinct  countries, 
and  the  last  is  not  infrequently  included  in  Central  Africa.  Taking  up 
these  separate  divisions. 

North  Africa  includes  Egypt,  Tripoli,  Tunis,  Algiers,  and  Morocco. 
Egypt  acknowledges  the  suzerainty  of  the  Sultan  at  Constantinople,  but  is 
practically  under  British  protection  ;  Tripoli  is  tributary  to  Turkey  ;  Tunis 
is  under  the  protectorate  of  France;  Algiers  is  a  regular  French  colony, 
and  Morocco  is  independent.  The  races  occupying  these  countries  are 
chiefly  Arabs  and  Berbers,  though  the  Copts  form  a  strong  element  in 
Egypt.  Of  the  Berbers  the  principal  tribe  is  that  of  the  Kabyles.  With 
the  exception  of  the  Copts,  all  are  Moslems.  The  uniform  language  is 
Arabic,  although  the  Berber  tribes  retain  some  of  their  own  language,  the 
Shellaha  being  the  most  extensively  spoken. 

West  Africa  includes  the  Atlantic  coast  from  Morocco  to  Liberia  and 
the  northern  coast  of  the  Gulf  of  Guinea.  The  countries  are  Senegambia 
(French),  Bathurst  (English),  Sierra  Leone  (English),  Liberia  (Indepen¬ 
dent),  Gold  Coast  (chiefly  English  with  a  small  section  German),  Dahomey 
(French),  and  from  there  on  to  old  Calabar  (English).  Back  of  these  are 
the  native  tribes.  Of  late  French  influence  has  extended  so  that  it  con¬ 
trols  the  greater  part  of  Western  Soudan  and  a  portion  of  the  Niger. 
English  influence,  however,  extends  up  the  Niger  from  the  coast  to  a 
point  parallel  with  Timbuctoo.  There  is  a  considerable  element  of  the 
Moors  in  Senegambia,  but  from  there  southwards  there  are  the  various 
Central  African  Negro  tribes,  including  the  Dahomans,  Yorubas,  and 
others. 

Central  Africa  includes  the  whole  section  between  the  Atlantic  and 
Indian  Oceans  from  the  fifth  parallel  north  of  the  Equator  to  the  seven¬ 
teenth  south,  at  Cape  Frio  on  the  west,  and  the  mouth  of  the  Zambesi  on 
the  east.  It  includes  the  Cameruns,  Gabun,  Loanda,  Benguella,  Congo 
Free  State,  Mozambiqne,  and  the  region  of  the  Great  Lakes  (Uganda, 
Massai,  etc.),  and  Zanzibar.  This  is  the  region  of  the  great  journeys  of 
Livingstone  and  Stanley,  and  their  successors.  The  races  and  languages 
are  very  numerous,  chiefly  of  the  Bantu  family. 

South  Africa  commences  with  Damara  Land  on  the  Atlantic  Coast 
and  the  banks  of  the  Zambesi  on  the  east.  It  includes  Mashona  and 
Matabele  Land,  Bechuana  Land,  the  South  African  Republic,  Orange  Free 


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State,  Cape  Colony,  with  Natal  and  Zulu  Land.  It  is  the  great  home  of 
the  Bantu  race,  and  the  languages  are  mostly  of  that  family. 

East  Africa  is  really  the  smallest  section,  the  most  important  state 
being  Abyssinia.  Aside  from  this  are  the  Galla  and  Somali  countries  on 
the  borders  of  the  Indian  Ocean,  Darfur  and  Nubia  inland.  Tne  lan¬ 
guages  are,  in  the  Soudan  Arabic,  and  in  Abyssinia  the  Abyssinian  or 
Amharic.  The  eastern  portion  of  Abyssinia  on  the  Red  Sea  has  an  Italian 
protectorate,  the  French  and  English  holding  sections  of  the  southern 
coast  of  the  Gulf  of  Aden. 

Mission  Work  in  Africa. 

The  missionary  societies  at  work  are  as  follows  : 

North  Africa.  Egypt  is  occupied  chiefly  by  the  mission  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  of  America.  The  Church  Missionary  Society  of  Eng¬ 
land  has  some  work  at  Cairo,  and  there  are  two  British  missions  at  the 
same  place  for  the  Jews.  Bible  work  is  carried  on  by  both  the  American 
and  British  and  Foreign  Bible  Societies  from  Tripoli  to  Morocco.  The 
only  missionary  society  in  strength  is  the  North  Africa  Society  of  England 
(undenominational).  The  London  Jews’  Society  has  a  station  at  Tunis, 
and  in  Algeria  the  Evangelical  mission  of  Paris  is  at  work.  Bible  work 
is  carried  on  by  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society. 

West  Africa.  Senegambia  is  occupied  by  the  French  Evangelical 
Society.  The  Church  Missionary  Society  of  England  and  the  Wesleyans 
are  at  work  at  Bathurst  and  below.  Sierra  Leone  has  an  independent 
self-supporting  native  church  established  by  the  Church  Missionary 
Society.  There  are  also  missions  of  the  Wesleyans,  Lady  Huntingdon’s 
Connection  and  the  United  Methodist  Free  Churches;  and  two  American 
colored  societies  are  carrying  on  some  work  in  the  interior.  In  Liberia 
there  is  a  mission  of  the  American  Presbyterian  Church  (North)  and  a 
colored  Baptist  mission.  The  Gold  Coast  is  occupied  by  the  Wes¬ 
leyan  Society  of  England,  the  Basel  and  North  German  Societies  of 
Germany.  About  the  estuary  of  the  Niger  are  some  important  stations  of 
the  Church  Missionary  Society,  the  Wesleyans  and  American  Baptist 
Southern  Convention.  From  this  point  also  branches  off  important 
Church  Missionary  Society  work  along  the  Niger  basin.  It  was  here  that 
Bishop  Crowther  worked. 

Central  Africa.  The  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland  has  an 
important  mission  on  the  Calabar  River;  below  that  comes  the  German 
Basel  Mission  of  the  Cameroons,  then  the  Presbyterian  mission  at  Gabun. 
The  Congo  River  opens  up  the  region  of  the  Congo,  which  is  occupied  by 
the  Baptist  Societies  of  America  and  England.  The  Congo-Balolo 
mission,  the  Paris  Evangelical  Society,  the  American  Missionary  Alliance, 
and  the  Southern  Presbyterians  of  America.  The  Portuguese  colony  of 
Angola  has  no  missionary  work.  Then  comes  the  West-Central  Africa 
mission  of  the  American  Board  and  Bishop  Taylor’s  Methodist  Episcopal 
mission.  Passing  to  the  eastern  part  of  the  central  section  there  is  in 
Uganda  the  mission  of  the  Church  Missionary  Society.  Along  the  coast 
comes  the  work  of  the  Universities  mission  at  Zanzibar  and  Mombasa. 
Further  south  are  the  missions  of  the  Free  and  Established  Churches  of 


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Scotland,  along  the  borders  of  Lake  Tanganyika  and  at  Blantyre.  1  here 
is  also  a  mission  of  the  English  Primitive  Methodists  and  the  French 
Evangelical  Society.  German  societies  are  occupying  the  section  east  ol 
Victoria  Nyanza  in  what  is  understood  to  be  tbe  German  Sphere  ol  In  u- 
ence,  especially  the  Moravians  and  the  Berlin  Missionary  Society.  On  the 
borders  of  Lake  Tanganyika  is  the  well-known  London  Missionary 
Society  Mission;  on  the  great  table  lands  of  the  interior  is  the  Arnot 
Garenganze  mission. 

South  Africa.  Here  we  find  a  very  large  number  of  societies. 
The  American  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  occupies  Natal  and  Zulu  Land, 
and  has  recently  extended  its  work  to  Gaza  Land.  There  are  also  the 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  (English  High  Church  Episco¬ 
pal),  the  Wesleyan,  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  Norwegian,  Berlin,  Iler- 
mannsburg  Societies,  the  London  Missionary  Society,  the  Moravians, 
the  Missionary  Society  of  the  Canton  de  Vaud,  the  Dutch  Reformed,  the 
Finnish,  Primitive  Methodist,  Paris  Evangelical,  Rhenish,  and  some  othei 

minor  organizations.  . 

Eastern  Africa.  In  Abyssinia  at  present  the  only  missionary  work 
is  carried  on  by  a  Swedish  society,  though  the  United  Methodist  Free 
Church  of  England  has  a  mission  in  Galla  Land.  In  Darfur  and  Eastern 
Soudan  there  is  at  present  no  work  being  done. 


Literature. 

The  literature  of  Africa  grows  so  rapidly  that  any  list  made  out  one 
year  needs  supplementing  the  next.  The  ordinary  divisions  of  travel 
history,  biography,  description,  political,  missionary,  etc.,  hardly  avail 
classing  the  books.  Almost  all  deal  more  or  less  with  each  one  of  these 
departments.  We  shall  therefore  give  below  those  books  which  are  not 
directly  related  to  some  particular  section  or  topic,  and  then  following  the 
geographical  divisions  given  above,  mention  those  that  belong  to  eac 

section. 

Africa.  Translated  from  the  French  of  Elisee  Reclus.  4  vols.,  per  yol.,  $6.c 
This  is  the  most  complete  general  statement  of  the  continent,  its 
geography,  ethnology,  languages,  etc.  It  is  a  part  of  the  author  s 
series  The  Earth  and  its  Inhabitants.  Its  general  information  is  full 
up  to  about  1888,  and  is  very  accurate,  but  the  same  cannot  be  said  of 
its  statements  as  to  missionary  work.  This  is  natural  as  the  author  is 
a  Frenchman.  It  is  well  gotten  up,  with  illustrations,  tables  of 
statistics,  wherever  such  are  available,  and  is  in  general  invaluable 
to  the  student.  The  general  reader  will  not  find  it  so  valuable. 

Africa.  Keith  Johnston.  London.  1878.  ,  vol  ,  izmo,  600  pp.  .  .  .  -  8. 

This  is  probably  the  most  available  general  volume  on  Africa, 
forms  a  part  of  Stanford’s  Compendium  of  Geography  and  Trave  ,  • 
and  is  reliable  so  far  as  it  goes.  It  should  be  remembered,  howevei, 
that  very  much  has  been  learned  since  it  was  published. 

Missionary  Landscapes  in  the  Dark  Continent.  Rev.  James  Johnson,  ^ 

A.  T.  . . . 


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Here  are  given  excellent  descriptions  of  the  people  and  the  mis¬ 
sions  of  Morocco,  Egypt,  North  Africa,  Uganda,  Kaffraria  Soudan, 
and  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Nyassa,  Upper  Zambezi,  Lake  Tanganyika, 
and  the  Congo  and  Niger  Rivers.  The  author  is  an  English  writer, 
who  has  for  many  years  made  a  specialty  of  missionary  literature, 
especially  those  departments  about  which  there  is  comparatively  little 
known. 

Africa  Rediviva;  or.  The  Occupation  of  Africa  by  Christian  Mis= 
sionaries  of  Europe  and  North  America.  Robert  Needham  Cust, 
LL.  D.,  author  of  Modern  Languages  of  Africa ,  Bible  Translation, 
and  Notes  on  Missionary  Subjects.  London.  1891. 


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Sketch  of  the  Modern  Languages  of  Africa,  with  Language  Map. 

R.  N.  Cust.  London.  1884.  2  vols., . 25  shillings 

Dr.  Cust  is  one  of  the  most  trenchant  writers  on  mission  topics  of 
the  day.  His  wide  experience  in  the  civil  service  of  India  for  many 
years,  and  later  as  a  member  of  the  Committees  of  the  Church  Mis¬ 
sionary  Society  and  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society,  have 
been  supplemented  by  a  habit  of  careful  observation  and  pro¬ 
found  scholarly  investigation.  He  has  made  Africa  a  specialty,  and 
these  two  books  stand  at  the  head  of  all  books  dealing  with  mission¬ 
ary  problems  in  that  continent.  Both  are  primarily  descriptive  and  so 
arranged  that  the  reader  can  easily  find  any  item  that  he  wishes  to. 

The  Partition  of  Africa.  J.  Scott  Keltie.  London.  1893 . $6-4° 

Mission  work  is  so  intimately  connected  with  and  dependent  upon 
the  political  changes  that  have  been  taking  place  for  the  past  few 
years  that  such  a  book  as  this  is  invaluable.  Its  author  is  thoroughly 
competent  to  his  work.  A  member  of  the  Royal  Geographical 
Society  and  editor  of  The  Stateman's  Year  Book,  he  not  only  has 
had  access  to  the  best  sources  of  information,  but  the  habit  of  exact 
writing. 

The  Rise  of  Our  East  African  Empire.  Capt.  F.  D.  Lugard.  Edin¬ 
burgh.  2  vols., . . . 16.80 

Captain  Lugard  was  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  British  troops 
during  the  troubles  in  Uganda. 

Africa.  Geographical  Exploration  and  Christian  Enterprise.  A.  G. 

Forbes.  London.  1874, . .  6d. 

Trophies  from  African  Heathenism.  Robert  Young,  F.  R.  G.  S.,  author 

of  Modern  Missions,  etc.  London.  1893, . .  •  $140 

A  collection  of  brief  narratives  of  African  converts.  The  history 
of  all  missions  furnishes  like  instances-the  miracles  of  modern  times. 

The  most  noticeable  chapters  are  those  relating  to  the  Boer  Mission 
in  Natal  and  to  the  liquor  traffic  in  South  Africa.  Drink  is  shown  to 
be  “the  supreme  .urse”  of  that  land. 

Pictorial  Africa:  Its  Heroes,  Missionaries,  and  nartyrs.  New  York,  2.50 
A  good  deal  of  valuable  information  loosely  compiled. 


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EsrvDt’s  Princes.  A  narrative  of  missionary  labor.  Julian  Lansing. 

. . $I-°° 

Life  and  Work  of  Miss  Mary  Louisa  Whately.  By  her  sister,  E.  J. 

Whately, . .  ' 

Miss  Whately  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  conduct  of  mis¬ 
sion  schools  in  Cairo,  especially  for  Moslem  girls. 

Child  Life  in  Egypt, . 110 

Scenes  from  Life  in  Cairo.  Miss  Mary  L.  Whately. 

Daybreak  in  North  Africa.  Mrs.  F.  S.  Haig,  wife  of  Gen.  F.  S.  Haig, 
founder  of  the  North  African  Mission.  London. 

A  sketch  of  missions  among  the  Kabyles  or  Berbers. 

Pioneering  in  Morocco.  Dr.  Robert  Kerr.  England. 

This  book  tells  of  medical  mission  work  in  the  district  of  Rabat, 

Fez,  Tangier,  etc.,  by  one  who  for  seven  years  represented  the  Presby¬ 
terian  Church  of  England. 

Morocco  as  It  Is.  With  an  account  of  Sir  Charles  Euan  Smith’s  Recent 

Mission  to  Fez.  By  Stephen  Bonsai,  Jr . I-5° 

The  story  by  a  clear,  intelligent  observer  of  much  that  is  generally 
misunderstood  in  regard  to  the  character  of  the  races  of  North  Africa. 


i-75 

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West  Africa. 

African  Missions  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United 
States.  Historical  Sketch. 

Crowned  in  Palm  Land.  Story  of  African  mission  life.  R.  H.  Nassau, 

Among  the  Palms  ;  or,  stories  about  Sierra  Leone.  R.  Brewin.  London, 

Mawedo:  The  Palm=Land  Maiden.  R.  H.  Nassau,  M.  D.  i6mo, 

4  cuts . *  *  *  *  ’  * 

Mawedo,  born  in  slavery  in  Africa,  grows  up  a  heathen,  ine 
customs  of  the  people  with  whom  she  lived  are  described  as  the  stoiy 
goes  on.  When  about  thirteen  years  old  she  is  rescued  from  death, 
to  which  she  had  been  condemned  as  a  witch.  She  is  converted,  lives 
a  brief,  but  useful  and  happy  life. 

The  Gospel  on  the  Banks  of  the  Niger.  Samuel  Crowther.  London,  1.75 

Mungo  Park  and  the  Niger.  Joseph  Thomson.  1891 . T'25 

One  of  the  series  of  “  The  World’s  Great  Explorers,”  an  old  story 
retold  in  the  light  of  modern  knowledge  and  later  exploration. 

Life  of  George  Pauli  of  Benita  i6mo, . -  100 

The  memoir  of  one  greatly  honored  bv  God  and  earl  v  called  to  bis 
reward.  It  will  interest  those  who  wish  to  know  something  of  Africa 
and  mission  work  in  that  benighted  land. 


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Gabun  and  Corisca  Mission.  R.  H.  Nassau. 

Abbeokuta.  Origin  and  Progress  of  the  Yoruba  Mission, 
Tucker.  (A.  L.  O.  E.)  London, . 


Miss  C. 
.  $1.00 


The  Yoruba  Country ;  its  people,  customs,  and  missions.  Lem.  G. 

Primock,  Baptist  missionary.  London, . 

Expedition  up  the  Niger  and  Tshadda  Rivers.  Samuel  Crowther.  ^ 
London, . 

The  Siave  Boy  who  Became  Bishop  of  the  Niger.  A  Biography  of 

Samuel  Crowther, . 

Glimpses  of  West  Africa.  With  sketches  of  missionary  labor.  S.  J. 
Whiton, . 


Central  Africa. 


The  New  World  of  Central  Africa,  with  a  history  of  the  first  Christian 

Mission  on  the  Congo.  Mrs.  H.  Grattan  Guinness, . . 

The  most  comprehensive  and  the  best  book  on  Central  Africa, 
from  the  missionary  standpoint,  with  good  maps  and  illustrations. 
Although  primarily  English  it  describes  much  American  work. 

The  Bishop  of  Africa.  William  Taylor,  with  an  account  of  the 

Congo  country  and  mission.  E.  Davies.  1885, . 

Life  on  the  Congo.  W.  Holman  Bentley,  of  the  Baptist  Mission.  New 
edition,  revised.  With  illustrations, . 

Health  Hints  for  Central  Africa.  Horace  Waller,  M.  A.,  .....  • 

This  is  the  fifth  edition  of  a  book  prepared  by  one  who  was  for¬ 
merly  Lay  Superintendent  of  the  Universities  Mission  in  East  Africa 
and  associated  with  Dr.  Livingstone  and  other  missionaries.  It  in¬ 
cludes  in  addition  to  Mr.  Waller’s  experience,  the  observations  of 
many  others,  and  is  invaluable  for  those  who  propose  to  visit  Central 

Africa. 

Missionary  Labors  in  the  Interior  of  Africa.  T.  J.  Bowen. 

Bihe  and  Garenganze  ;  or,  Four  Years’  Work  and  Travel  in  Central 

Africa.  With  maps  and  illustrations.  F.  S.  Arnot . 

A  sequel  to  “  Garenganze  ”  by  the  same  author. 

Garenganze  ;  or,  Seven  Years’  Pioneer  Mission  Work  in  Central  Africa. 

1889.  F.  S.  Arnot . 

One  of  the  most  interesting  and  valuable  books  on  African 

Missions. 


From  Natal  to  the  Upper  Zambezi.  F.  S.  Arnot. 

The  Story  of  Uganda  and  the  Victoria  Nyanza  Mission.  Sarah 

Geraldina  Stock.  With  a  map  and  illustrations.  New  York  .  . 

A  full  sketch  of  the  whole  wonderful  story  of  the  Uganda  Mission. 
Miss  Stock’s  knowledge  of  missionary  facts,  and  skill  in  arranging 
them,  are  well  displayed  in  this  volume. 


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James  Hannington,  First  Bishop  of  Eastern  Equatorial  Africa.  E.  C. 

Dawson.  New  York, . $2.00 

One  of  tne  most  fascinating  of  missionary  biographies,  and  es¬ 
pecially  valuable  for  the  insight  it  gives  into  the  peculiar  perplexities 
connected  with  the  commencement  and  early  history  of  such  mission¬ 
ary  enterprises. 

Bishop  hannington.  Peril  and  Adventure  in  Central  Africa.  Being 

illustrated  letiers  to  the  youngsters  at  home.  Illustrated.  i2mo,  cloth,  .50 

Eastern  Africa  as  a  Field  for  Missionary  Labor.  Bartle  Frere.  Lon¬ 
don,  . . . I-25 

Valuable  to  those  who  are  studying  the  possibilities  of  missions  in 
new  and  untried  fields  Sir  Bartle  Frere  looks  at  the  matter  from  the 
standpoint  of  a  Christian  statesman. 

Alexander  M.  Mackay,  Pioneer  Missionary  of  the  Church  Missionary 

Society  to  Uganda.  By  his  sister.  1890,.  . Ip5° 

A  most  interesting  and  valuable  book,  dealing  especially  with  the 
development  of  industrial  work. 

- -Cardinal  Lavigerie  and  the  African  Slave  Trade.  Richard  F.  Clarke. 

(Society  of  Jesus),  .  .  4-5° 

This  is  very  valuable  as  a  biographical  sketch  of  the  famous  Ro¬ 
man  Catholic  prelate,  and  as  a  setting  forth  of  the  problem  of  African 
slavery,  especially  in  its  relation  to  Islam  and  Christian  Missions.  It 
is  distinctively  from  the  Roman  Catholic  and  Jesuit  standpoint,  and 
valuable  to  all  who  seek  to  become  thoroughly  posted  as  to  the  deeper 
problems  of  African  Missions.  It  is  interesting  also  in  connection  with 
the  Uganda  Mission,  as  the  “White  Fathers”  were  sent  there 
especially  by  the  Cardinal. 

The  Personal  Life  of  David  Livingstone.  Wm.  G.  Blaikie, . 3-5® 

David  Livingstone.  . 1-25 

A  delightful  story  of  the  life,  adventures,  and  devotion  of  the  great 
missionary-explorer  of  Africa,  so  told  as  to  attract  young  readers. 
Illustrated  by  pictures  and  map. 

There  is  a  smaller  book  by  Arthur  Montefiore,  and  there  are 
sketches  in  most  of  the  books  of  general  biography.  There  are  also  a 

large  number  of  biographies. 

Livingstone’s  life  and  work  lay  at  the  foundation  of  all  mission 
work  in  Central  Africa,  and  it  should  be  read  and  studied  carefully. 

In  the  same  connection  attention  should  be  given  to  Henry  M. 
Stanley’s  books  :  “  How  I  found  Livingstone.”  $3-5°  1  and  “  Through 
the  Dark  Continent.”  $10.00. 

Tanganyika.  Eleven  Years  in  Central  Africa.  Captain  E.  C.  Hare,  of 

the  English  Army.  1892.  London . _ . 3-00 

This  is  valuable  for  its  independent  observation  of  the  country, 
the  character  of  the  natives,  and  the  ideas  expressed  as  to  the  kind  of 
mission  work  that  will  prove  most  valuable. 


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South  Africa. 

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Missionary  Travels  and  Researches  in  South  Africa.  David  Living¬ 
stone,  N.  . . $I-75 

Reminiscences  of  Early  Life  and  Mission  Labors  ;  Fifty  Years’  Mission 

Work  in  South  Africa.  John  Edwards,  London,  . i-°o 

Forty  Years  Among  the  Zulus.  By  Rev.  Josiah  Tyler,  missionary  of 

the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  Illustrated, . I-25 

A  most  thrilling  story,  told  with  simplicity  and  directness.  It 
gives  a  clear  conception  of  the  customs,  religion,  and  character  of  the 
Zulus. 

Gospel  Among  the  Caffres ;  Story  of  Dr.  Moffatt  and  his  Missionary 

Labors . 1-00 

The  Lives  of  Robert  and  Mary  Moffat.  By  their  son  John  S.  Moffat,  2.50 
As  essential  to  South  Africa  as  Livingstone  to  Central  Africa. 

Rivers  of  Water ;  or,  From  Africaner’s  Kraal  to  Khama’s  City.  The 

story  of  Dr.  Moffat.  Illustrated . 1-°° 

Heroes  of  the  Desert.  The  Story  of  the  Lives  of  Moffat  and  Livingstone. 

By  the  author  of  “  Mary  Powell.”  With  numerous  illustrations  and 
two  portraits.  New  and  enlarged  edition.  i2mo,  cloth  extra,  .  .  .  .  1.25 

South  African  Missions.  C.  H.  Malan.  London.  Nisbet,  187S,  :  .  .  1.00 

Zulu  Land  ;  or,  Life  among  the  Zulu  Kaffirs  of  Natal  and  Zulu  Land, 

South  Africa.  Combining  valuable  facts  and  pleasing  incidents.  i2tno,  1.50 


1.15 


Children  of  the  Kalahari.  i6mo.  A.  M.  Barnes,  . 

Reality  versus  Romance  in  South-Central  Africa.  Being  an  account 
of  a  journey  across  the  Continent.  By  James  Johnston,  M.  D.  With 
fifty-one  full-page  photogravure  illustrations  from  photographs  by  the 
author,  and  map  indicating  route  traversed.  New  York  and  Chicago,  5.00 
An  interesting  and  valuable  book  which,  however,  must  not  be 
taken  too  implicitly.  It  is  easy  for  the  most  conscientious  travelers  to 
form  misconceptions. 

Tiyo  Soga,  a  Page  of  South  African  Mission  Work.  J.  A.  Chalmers. 

London.  1878 . I-5° 

Mashonaland.  A  journal  of  the  Mission  of  the  Society  for  the  Propaga¬ 
tion  of  the  Gospel  (High  Church,  England),  1888-1892.  London,  .  .  .75 

My  Life  in  Basuto  Land.  A  story  of  Missionary  Enterprise  in  South 
Africa.  Eugene  Casalis.  Translated  from  the  French  by  J.  Brierly. 

A  picture  of  missionary  life  before  the  times  of  Moffat  and  Livingstone,  1.75 

Among  the  Matabele.  The  Rev.  D.  Carnegie.  London . 

An  interesting  book  by  a  neighbor  of  Lobengula. 


.60 


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East  Africa  and  Madagascar. 

PRICE 

Story  of  Madagascar.  . . f1-^ 

Told  in  a  lively  and  graphic  manner,  with  eleven  illustrations. 

Madagascar,  Its  Missionaries  and  Martyrs.  Illustrated.  W.J.  Town¬ 
send.  i2mo,  cloth . . 

This  manual,  by  a  missionary  of  the  London  Missionary  Society, 
tells  in  brief  the  marvelous  story  of  Christian  work  in  Madagascar. 

Madagascar  and  France.  George  A.  Shaw.  i2mo.  20  cuts, . 1.00 

A  full  account  of  the  great  island  of  Madagascar,  its  inhabitants, 
history,  productions,  missions,  etc.,  together  with  a  full  history  of  the 
recent  attempts  of  the  French  to  seize  the  island,  written  by  Mr.  Shaw, 
who  was  a  missionary  from  England.  Fully  illustrated  and  map. 

The  Martyr  Church  of  Madagascar.  W.  Ellis.  London . 1.00 

Mr.  Ellis  was  for  many  years  a  missionary  in  Madagascar  of  the 
London  Missionary  Society,  and  no  one  writes  more  accurately  of  the 
great  work  than  he. 

Through  Abyssinia.  An  Envoy’s  Ride  to  the  King  of  Zion.  F.  Harri¬ 
son  Smith.  . . 2,00 

The  story  of  a  journey  by  the  author  as  the  special  envoy  of  the 
Queen  of  England  to  the  King  of  Abyssinia,  well  told  and  with  very 
much  of  valuable  information. 

Abyssinia.  A  Narative  of  Captivity  in  1868.  Henry  Blanc.  London,  .  5.00 

Three  Years’  Residence  in  Abyssinia.  Bishop  Gobat.  London.  1850,  .  2.00 

British  Mission  in  Abyssinia.  Hormuzd  Rassam.  2  vols.  London,  11.20 
The  best  book  on  Abyssinia  published. 

American  Indians  and  Alaska. 

It  is  unfortunately  the  case  that  many  Americans  are  better  acquainted 
with  mission  work  in  China  and  India  than  with  that  among  the  Aborig¬ 
ines  in  their  own  country.  While  this  is  not  surprising,  every  effort 
should  be  made  to  overcome  the  difficulty.  The  annals  of  missionary 
enterprise  show  no  more  interesting  records  than  those  of  Eliot,  Biainerd, 
Sheldon  Jackson,  Riggs,  and  many  others.  It  is  an  interesting  fact  that 
the  oldest  missionary  society  in  existence,  the  New  England  Company, 
was  created  by  charter  in  England  in  1649,  for  work  among  the  Indians 
of  this  continent,  and  is  still  at  work  in  Canada. 

Life  of  John  Eliot.  J.  B.  Cajverly.  1881. 

The  history  of  early  New  England  life  is  so  fully  told  in  geneial 
histories  that  there  has  been  comparatively  little  attention  paid  to  the 
special  biography  of  this  leader  of  American  missions.  This  book 
published  in  London  is  perhaps  the  best. 


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Oavid  Brainerd,  the  Apostle  to  the  North  American  Indians.  Jesse  Page. 

75  cents.  David  Brainerd.  J.  M.  Sherwood.  . . $i-5° 

The  former  of  these  books  belongs  to  the  series  of  missionary 
biographies  and  is  rather  brief,  but  intensely  interesting.  The  latter 
is  a'fuller,  more  complete  account  of  the  life  01  one  whom  all  Ameri- 
cans  ought  to  know  about. 

Mary  and  I;  or,  Forty  Years  among  the  Sioux.  Stephen  R.  Riggs,  .  .  .  1.50 

This  is  an  old  book  but  one  of  those  that  never  becomes  out  of 
date,  and  it  is  intensely  interesting  from  beginning  to  end  as  setting 
forth  the  story  of  pioneer  missionary  ehorts  among  the  Indians  of  the 
Northwest. 

Skokomish  :  Ten  Years  of  Missionary  Work  among  the  Indians.  M. 

Eells, . .  1,25 

This  is  valuable  not  only  for  its  missionary  work  but  for  its 

general  ethnological  information. 

Our  Life  Among  the  Iroquois  Indians.  Mrs.  Harriet  S.  Caswell,  .  .  1.50 
Those  who  suppose  that  the  interest  in  mission  work  is  confined 
to  Africa,  Asia,  and  the  Pacific  will  learn  from  this  book  that  theie 
are  just  as  touching  stories  of  devotion  and  gratitude  as  in  any  other 
place.  There  is  also  much  of  general  information  such  as  every 
American  should  have. 

A  Century  of  Dishonor.  Helen  Hunt  Jackson, . 

While  Mrs.  Jackson  was  in  no  sense  a  missionary  her  intense 
sympathy  for  the  Indians  enabled  her  to  understand  very  clearly  their 
life  and  the  conditions  under  which  work  was  being  done  for  them ; 
also  the  cruelty  of  the  treatment  of  them  by  the  United  States  govern¬ 
ment.  Every  one  should  read  this  book. 

History  of  Indian  Missions  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  Myron  Eells,  .  .  .  1.25 


The  Gospel  Among  the  Dakotas.  Stephen  R.  Riggs, . i-5° 

Anything  by  Dr.  Riggs  needs  no  special  introduction.  He  was 
the  veteran  missionary  of  the  American  Board  among  the  Indians  and 
understands  their  condition  and  needs. 

The  Story  of  Metlakahtla.  H.  S.  Wellcome . i-5° 


The  story  of  this  Indian  tribe  on  the  Pacific  coast  and  the  work 
among  them  is.  in  truth,  one  of  the  most  interesting  stories  of  work 
among  the  Indians.  The  story  itself  is  like  a  romance. 

Two  Volunteer  Missionaries  Among  the  Dakotas.  S.  W.  Pond,  Jr. 

1890, . I-25 

This  is  the  life  of  two  missionaries,  Samuel  H.  and  Gideon  H. 
Pond,  who  at  first  went  out  at  their  own  expense  from  Connecticut  to 
labor  among  the  Indians  of  Minnesota,  but  were  afterward  taken  into 
the  service  of  the  American  Board.  They  endured  privation  in  every 
form,  but  had  a  great  reward  in  the  success  of  their  work. 

Biography  of  the  Rev.  G.  H.  Atkinson,  D.  D.  With  illustrations, 
journal  of  sea  voyage  to  Oregon,  in  1848,  and  selected  addresses  and 


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printed  articles,  and  a  particular  account  of  his  church  work  in  the^1^ 
Pacific  Northwest.  Myron  Eells.  Compiled  by  Nancy  Bates  Atkin- 

Dr.  Atkinson  was  one  to  whom  the  Northwest  owes  almost  as 
much  as  to  Dr.  Whitman,  and  this  book  gives  the  story  of  his  life  in 

opening  up  a  new  Christian  civilization  in  the  great  Western  wilder- 
ness. 

Amanda  Smith’s  Own  Story,  with  an  introduction  by  Bishop  Thoburn 
Chicago, . 

1  he  autobiography  of  a  colored  evangelist  born  in  Maryland  in 
1837,  and  who  worked  very  successfully  in  England,  Scotland,  India, 
Africa,  Canada,  and  the  United  States. 

Fifty  Years  on  the  Skirmish  Line.  Elisha  B.  Sherwood,  D.  D.  New 
York, . 

. . 

A  story  of  pioneer  home  missionary  work  by  a  Presbyterian  min¬ 
ister. 

Stories  from  Indian  Wigwams  and  Northern  Camp  Fires.  Edgerton 
Ryerson  Young,  .  . 

. I  25 

Mr.  Young  was  well  known  as  a  missionary  among  the  Indians  of 
Canada,  and  gives  in  this  book  many  interesting  incidents  from  his 
missionary  life  among  them. 

Forty=two  Years  Among  the  Indians  and  Esquimos.  Beatrice  Batty 
1893,  .  . . 

Pictures  from  the  life  of  Bishop  Horden,  a  missionary  bishop  of 
the  Church  of  England. 

Alaska  and  Missions  on  the  North  Pacific  Coast.  Sheldon  Jack- 
son, . 

Dt.  Jackson  is  almost  the  father  of  Alaskan  missions,  and  there 
was  none  better  qualified  to  speak  of  them  than  he. 

Life  in  Alaska.  Mrs.  E.  S.  Willard.  1883 . 

A  series  of  lectures  from  the  wife  of  a  Presbyterian  missionary  in 
that  country,  giving  a  journal  of  the  daily  life  with  its  sacrifices,  hard¬ 
ships,  and  difficulties. 

Among  the  Alaskans.  Mrs.  J.  M.  Wright.  1883 .  x  25 

Another  book  of  missionary  work  by  a  missionary  lady.  Well 
illustrated. 

Ruhamah,  Alaska;  its  Southern  Coast  and  the  Sitkan  Archipelago. 

Miss  E.  Scidmore.  i88q.  . 

*  . . 

Kin=da-shon’s  Wife.  An  Alaskan  story.  Mrs.  Eugene  S.  Willard 
1892 . 

•  •  •  . 1.50 

A  story  true  in  every  particular  in  its  representation  of  the  life 
and  the  customs  of  the  Kling-gets  and  their  country.  An  excellent 
book. 


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Burma. 

PRICE 

This  is  the  most  eastern  of  the  provinces  of  British  India,  and  was 
only  acquired  in  full  in  1890.  The  early  kings  of  Burma  were  bitterly 
cruel,  and  it  was  this  same  cruelty  in  their  descendants  that  compelled  the 
British  Government  to  annex  the  whole  of  their  territory.  The  population 
is  divided  into  four  distinct  peoples,  although  there  are  said  to  be  over 
forty  races.  These  are  the  Burmans,  the  ruling  race;  the  Talaings, 
formerly  the  ruling  race;  the  Shans,  generally  Nomads  and  of  different 
affinities,  as  Chinese,  Siamese,  and  Burmans;  and  the  Karens.  There 
are  also  a  number  of  hill  or  mountain  tribes  of  very  many  different  races 
and  languages.  The  religion  of  the  whole  country  is  Buddhism,  although 
the  Karens  are  many  of  them  spirit  worshipers,  practically  Fetichists. 

Almost  the  entire  mission  work  is  in  charge  of  the  American  Baptist 
Missionary  Union,  and  the  outcome  of  the  labors  of  the  veteran  Adoniram 
Judson,  D.  D.,  although  the  first  entrance  of  the  country  was  by  the 
English  Baptists  in  1807.  While  there  has  been  some  success  among  the 
Burmans,  the  chief  results  of  mission  work  are  found  among  the  Karens, 
and  their  progress  has  been  one  of  the  wonders  of  American  missions. 
Burma  is  in  many  cases  included  in  India,  always  in  the  statistics  and 
often  in  references  to  mission  work. 

The  Life  of  Adoniram  Judson.  By  his  son,  Edward  Judson, . $2.00 

No  one  can  understand  the  early  history  of  missions  in  the  East, 
and  especially  in  Burma,  without  a  pretty  clear  comprehension  of  the 
life  and  experiences  of  this  pioneer  in  the  work.  Dr.  Judson,  as  is 
well  known,  sailed  from  Boston  as  one  of  the  first  missionaries  of  the 
American  Board  for  India,  but  on  the  voyage  changed  his  views  with 
regard  to  baptism,  and  finding  himself  no  longer  in  sympathy  with  the 
Congregational  churches,  took  up  the  work  in  Burma  for  the  Baptist 
churches.  His  whole  life  was  one  of  wonderful  sacrifices,  devotion, 
and  success.  As  told  by  his  son,  the  well-known  Baptist  minister  in 
New  York,  it  is  not  merely  valuable;  it  is  intensely  fascinating,  and 
should  be  in  the  hands  of  every  one  who  desires  to  know  the  origin 
and  difficulties  of  mission  work  in  that  land  and  in  those  early  years. 

A  Sketch  of  the  Life  and  Missionary  Work  of  the  Rev.  Cephas 
Bennett  and  his  Wife,  Stella  Kneeland  Bennett.  1829  to  1891. 

Ruth  Whitaker  Ranney.  1892, . .  .  1.00 

The  life  of  two  earnest  and  successful  missionaries  of  the  American 
Baptist  Board  in  Burma. 

Rivers  in  the  Desert;  or,  The  Great  Awakening  in  Burma.  John 


Baillie,  . 2.00 

Burma:  Its  People  and  Productions;  or,  Notes  on  the  Fauna,  Flora, 
and  Minerals  of  Tenasserim,  Pegu,  and  Burma.  F.  Mason.  1883,  .  .  £3 

Four  Years  in  Upper  Burma.  W.  R.  Winston.  1893 . $1.40 


A  general  book  of  information  with  regard  to  Upper  Burma  and 
telling  also  the  author’s  experience  in  commencing  a  mission  in  con¬ 
nection  with  the  Wesleyan  Missionary  Society. 


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The  Burman  :  His  Life  and  Notions.  Shway  Yeo.  1882, 

My  Child-Life  in  Burma.  Recollections  and  incidents.  Olive  J.  Bixby. 

1880 . 75 

Self-support.  Illustrated  in  the  history  of  the  Bassein  Karen  Mission. 

1884, . I-5° 

Civilizing  Mountain  Men  ;  or,  Sketches  of  Mission  Work  Among  the 

Karens.  Mrs.  Mason.  1862 . I-5° 

One  of  the  most  interesting  of  mission  books.  Unfortunately  it  is 
out  of  print  and  only  occasional  copies  can  be  secured. 


China. 

In  order  to  understand  missionary  work  in  China,  or  to  read  intelli¬ 
gently  books  on  missions  there,  there  should  be  a  pretty  clear  comprehen¬ 
sion  of  the  geography  and  government  of  the  Empire,  also  of  the  history 
of  the  relations  between  it  and  the  European  governments.  A  complete 
understanding  would  require  also  some  knowledge  of  the  history  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  missions  three  and  four  centuries  ago  Hence,  an  essential 
prerequisite  for  all  libraries  is  some  authoritative  book  on  the  Empire  at 
large.  The  races  of  China  and  the  language,  or  languages,  for  the  differ¬ 
ent  dialects  almost  amount  to  different  languages,  do  not  require  so  much 
of  study  as  do  the  customs  of  the  people  and  their  forms  of  religion,  the 
latter  not  so  much  from  a  theological  or  philosophical  standpoint  as  from 
the  standpoint  of  daily  life.  There  are  few  countries  where  religion 
is  so  intimately  connected  with  ordinary  family  intercourse  as  in  China, 
and  it  is  almost  impossible  for  a  foreigner  to  understand  the  difficulties 
or  appreciate  the  successes  of  missions,  except  as  the  characteristics  of 
the  faith  and  ordinary  life  of  the  people  are  clearly  understood.  Especially 
is  this  true  in  estimating  the  relation  to  mission  work  of  great  political 
movements,  such  as  the  war  between  China  and  Japan. 

The  Empire  of  China,  as  ordinarily  spoken  of,  includes  only  China 
proper,  but  Mongolia  and  Tibet  really  belong  to  the  Empire,  and  books 
upon  them  are  included  in  the  books  upon  China.  Manchuria  is  a  prov¬ 
ince  of  Northern  China,  not  distinct  from  China  proper,  as  are  Mongolia 
and  Tibet.  Cochin-China  is  properly  no  part  of  China  at  all,  but  is  in¬ 
cluded  in  what  is  sometimes  termed  Farther  India,  the  section  of  Anam, 
Tonquin,  etc. 

The  literature  of  China  is  very  large,  and  there  are  many  books  of 
great  value  not  included  in  the  list  given  below.  They  are  mostly,  how¬ 
ever,  published  in  England  or  on  the  continent  of  Europe,  and  valuable 
rather  for  special  investigation  than  for  general  use.  From  the  very 
beginning  of  modern  missions  China  has  held  a  foremost  place  in  the 
thoughts  of  the  different  missionary  societies.  Long  before  entrance  into 
the  Empire  itself  was  possible,  efforts  were  made  in  the  border  lands  to 
reach  the  Chinese,  just  as  now  Tibet  is  besieged  by  bands  of  missionaries 
to  whom  entrance  into  the  country  itself  is  denied,  but  who  work  among 
Tibetans  who  find  their  way  across  the  border.  Thus  Mrcao,  Borneo, 
Bangkok,  Batavia,  and  Malacca  were  occupied.  As  treaties  opened  the 
seaports  one  after  another  the  different  societies  entered  until  America, 


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England,  and  Germany  were  all  well  represented.  Territorial  division 
was  not  attempted,  indeed  was  scarcely  thought  of,  the  immense  popu¬ 
lation  furnishing  field  enough  for  all.  As  was  natural,  the  southern  border 
cities  were  first  occupied- Canton,  Shanghai,  Fuh  Chau  ;  later  came 
Tientsin  and  Chefu,  and  gradually  the  forces  spread  into  the  interior, 
until  now  there  is  scarcely  a  province,  up  to  the  very  border  of  Eastern 
Turkestan,  Tibet,  or  Mongolia,  where  there  is  not  a  hand  of  missionaries. 

The  Middle  Kingdom.  S.  Wells  Williams,  LL.  D.  1883.  2  vols . $9-00 

The  only  standard  book  on  this  great  Empire.  Dr.  Williams  went 
to  China  in  1833  to  take  charge  of  a  printing  office  established  in 
Canton  by  the  American  Board.  In  1835  he  removed  his  office  to 
Macao.  He  was  associated  with  Dr.  Bridgman  in  the  editing  and 
publishing  of  the  Chinese  Repository ,  in  the  preparation  of  a  Chinese 
Chrestomathy ,  and  in  the  printing  of  Dr.  Medhurst’s  Hokkeen  Dic¬ 
tionary.  On  a  trip  to  America,  in  1844,  an  effort  to  raise  funds  for 
securing  a  new  font  of  Chinese  type  was  the  occasion  of  a  series  ot 
lectures  which  formed  the  basis  of  this  book.  In  1853-4  Mr.  Williams 
accompanied  Commodore  Perry  on  his  two  trips  to  Japan,  as  Japanese 
interpreter.  From  1855  to  1875  he  was  Secretary  of  the  American 
Legation  in  China,  and  was  instrumental  in  introducing  into  the 
Treaty  with  China  the  clause  tolerating  Christianity  in  that  Empire. 

This  book  was  revised  after  his  return  to  America  in  1883.  It  is  in¬ 
valuable  as  a  book  of  reference,  and  as  an  authority  on  Chinese  His¬ 
tory,  Languages,  Customs,  etc.,  is  unquestioned. 

The  Life  and  Letters  of  S.  Wells  Williams.  By  his  son,  Frederick 

Wells  Williams, . 3-00 

An  excellent  addition  to  the  preceding  volume. 

Travels  in  Tartary,  Tibet,  and  China.  Abb6  E.  R.  Hue.  2  vols,  .  .  .  2.00 
One  of  the  most  graphic  and  valuable  books  of  travels  on  China. 

AbbS  Hue  was  a  French  Lazarist  priest,  who,  immediately  after  his 
ordination,  in  1839,  went  to  Macao,  studied  Chinese  carefully,  and  then 
having  dyed  his  skin,  shaved  his  head,  adopted  the  Chinese  costume, 
and  spent  several  years  in  various  parts  of  China,  Mongolia,  and 
Tibet.  He  and  his  associate  traveler  Gabet  were  the  only  foreigners, 
during  the  present  century,  to  enter  the  sacred  city  L’hassa,  except 
an  Englishman  named  Manning,  in  1811.  Since  then  every  effort  to 
gain  access  to  it  has  failed.  Abbe  Hue’s  book  has  been  very  sharply 
criticised,  but  one  of  the  most  enterprising  explorers  of  that  region, 

Mr.  W.  W.  Rockhill,  speaks  in  the  highest  terms  of  its  substantial 
accuracy.  It  was  prepared  some  years  later  from  notes,  and  hence  is 
not  alwavs  reliable  in  minute  details.  In  general,  however,  it  is  said 
to  be  one  of  the  most  faithful  descriptions  of  the  country  and  people. 

The  Land  of  the  Lamas.  Notes  of  a  journey  through  China,  Mongolia, 

and  Tibet,  with  maps  and  illustrations.  William  Woodville  Rockhill,  3.50 
Mr.  Rockhill  was  for  some  years  connected  with  the  American 
Legation  at  Peking,  and  has  given  a  book  full  of  exceedingly  valuable 
information.  His  conception  of  mission  work  is  very  inadequate,  but 


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his  general  knowledge  of  the  country,  its  manners  and  customs  is 
excellent. 

Chinese  Central  Asia.  Dr.  Lansdell,  author  of  Through  Siberia,  Rus¬ 
sian  Central  Asia,  and  Through  Central  Asia.  2  vols . $14.40 

Dr.  Lansdell  is  an  earnest  believer  in  missions,  and  pleads  very 
earnestly  for  mission  work  in  this  neglected  section,  which,  however, 
he  says  is  open  to  work. 

Among  the  Tibetans.  Mrs.  Isabella  Bird  Bishop, . 1.00 

This  is  the  account  by  Mrs.  Bishop,  well  known  as  a  trained  ob¬ 
server,  of  some  experiences  on  the  border  lands  of  Tibet. 

Bokhara:  Researches  and  Missionary  Labors.  Joseph  Wolff.  Lon¬ 
don,  . 4.8o 

Mr.  Wolff  was  the  pioneer  missionary  of  Central  Asia,  and  his 
writings  are  as  fascinating  in  their  way  as  those  of  Livingstone  in 
Africa. 

The  Religions  of  China.  James  Legge . 1.50 

This  is  a  description,  especially  of  Confucianism  and  Taoism,  and 
a  comparison  of  them  with  Christianity. 

Christian  Progress  in  China,  with  map.  Arnold  Foster . 1.00 

A  book  showing  the  growth  and  development  of  missions  of  vari¬ 
ous  societies  in  that  Empire. 

A  Short  History  of  China.  D.  C.  Boulger.  1893, . 5.00 

This  is  a  good-sized  volume,  in  rather  fine  type,  published  in  Lon¬ 
don,  and  written  by  one  who  has  made  the  history  of  China  a  specialty. 

It  is  valuable  as  a  book  of  reference. 

The  Chinese;  their  Education,  Philosophy,  and  Letters.  W.  A.  P. 

Martin,  LL.  D.  1881, . .  . 

This  book,  by  the  veteran  missionary  and  president  of  the  Uni¬ 
versity  of  Peking,  is  invaluable  in  the  departments  which  it  covers. 

There  is  no  one  who  can  speak  with  more  authority  than  Dr. 
Martin. 

Chinese  Immigration  in  its  Social  and  Economical  Aspects.  George 

F.  Seward,  1881, . .  ...  2.50 

This  book,  by  one  who  was  for  many  years  United  States  Consul 
at  Shanghai  and  Minister  at  Peking,  is  the  only  book  on  this  topic.  It 
is  to  be  regretted  that  it  is  out  of  print  and  only  occasional  copies  can 
be  secured. 


China  and  its  People.  W.  H.  Withrow,  D.  D.  1893 . 

This  is  a  new  book  by  the  editor  of  the  Methodist  Magazine,  in 
Toronto,  Canada,  and  is  a  careful  compilation  of  facts  respecting  the 
country  and  people,  with  a  brief  history  of  Protestant  missions,  their 
present  condition,  statistics,  etc. 


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E„»ri  in  Cht„r.»i  -hi.  hook  i,  a  «*. «-  «-  »  «■» 

an  elaborate  account  of  the  country. 

The  Chinese;  their  Present  and  Future; 

Social.  Robert  Coltman,  Jr.,  M.  D.  1893 


PRICE 
.  $  .80 


Medical,  Political,  and 


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ial  Robert  Coltman,  jr.,  m.  j--.  >"wi  ■  ... 

Dr  Coltman  was  a  surgeon  in  charge  of  a  Presbyterian  hospit 
and  dispensary  at  Tungchow,  in  North  China.  With  much  that  is 
valuable,  there  are  certain  chapters  on  medical  subjects  that  make  the 
book  fit  for  students  rather  than  general  reading. 

nected  with  China. 


Things  Chinese.  Being  notes  on  various  subjects  con 


J'  DThewriter  was  connected  with  the  British  Civil  Service  at  Hong- 
kong  for  Tome  time,  and  has  prepared  this,  a  series  of  topical  notes 
rather  than  a  consecutive  book. 


3.00 


S.  A. 


Mutchmore, 
....  Net 


1.50 


The  Moghul,  Mongol,  Mikado,  and  Missionary 

U'  A  popular  and' attractive  book,  entertaining  in  its  general  style 
and  suggestive  of  much  of  interest  in  connection  with  mission  woik 
in  those  lands.  It  is  the  result  of  Dr.  Mutchmore’s  travels  around 

the  world. 

*  Winter  in  China.  The  Rev.  T.  M.  Morris.  1891,  .  .  .  •  •  •  •  '  ’  ’  150 

This  is  the  account  of  a  visit  by  a  deputation  from  the  English 
Baptist  Missionary  Society  to  its  own  stations  in  the  provinces  of 
Shantung  and  Shensi,  but  it  includes  many  comments  upon  other 
fields  and  is  thus  very  valuable. 


1889, 


1.50 


In  the  Far  East.  Miss  Geraldine  Guinness. 

These  are  a  series  of  letters  from  China,  by  one  who  has  been  com 
nected  with  the  China  Inland  Mission.  It  is  fully  illustrated  an 
written  in  a  chatty,  pleasant  style,  with  many  sketches  of  h  e. 

The  Story  of  the  China  Inland  Mission.  Miss  Geraldine  Guinness  .  1.25 
The  China  Inland  Mission  is  unique  in  its  inception,  taking  the 
position  held  by  some  that  definite  stated  support  for  "rtss.onanes  is 
not  in  accordance  with  the  true  spirit  of  missionary  work,  but  that 
those  who  undertake  it  should  do  so  content  to  receive  whatever 
comes  to  them.  They  have  also  taken  the  position  that  they  should  m 
a  special  degree  live  as  the  people,  adopting  their  manner  of  life  and 
dress  and  in  every  way  seek  to  lessen  the  difference  between  them¬ 
selves  and  the  people.  A  large  number,  especially  of  young  people, 
have  joined  the  mission,  and  it  has  accomplished  some  work  of  very 
great  value.  The  story  of  the  mission,  as  told  by  Miss  Guinness  in 
fhis  book,  should  be  read  by  all  who  are  interested  to  know  not 
merely  the  incident  but  the  genuine  character  of  foreign  mission 

work. 


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Chinese  Stories  for  Boys  and  Girls,  and  Chinese  Wisdom.  A.  E. 


Moule.  London, . , . $  .50 

Old  Wang,  the  First  Chinese  Evangelist  in  Manchuria.  Rev.  John  Ross. 

1889 . 60 


Mr.  Ross  is  a  missionary  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Scotland,  and  is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  northern  se.tion  of 
China,  and  was  one  of  the  first  ones  to  interest  himself  in  Korea.  He 
writes  in  a  racy  style,  and  this  little  book  is  a  valuable  contribution  to 
Sunday-school  literature. 

Ling  Nam  ;  or,  Interior  Views  of  China,  including  Explorations  in  the* 

hitherto  untraversed  Island  of  Hainan.  B.  C.  Henry,  D.  D  1886,.  .  1.50 
This  well-known  missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  has  given, 
in  this  volume,  information  such  as  can  hardly  be  secured  anywhere 
else.  The  style  is  interesting  and  the  book  a  standard  one. 

The  Cross  and  the  Dragon ;  or,  Light  on  the  Broad  East.  B.  C. 

Henry  D.  D.  1885 . 2.00 

Dr.  Henry  gives  in  this  book  excellent  sketches  of  mission  life 
from  that  section  of  the  Empire;  its  history,  organization,  and 
agencies. 

The  Evangelization  of  the  World  (China).  B.  Broomhall.  1888,  .  .  .  1.00 
Mr.  Broomhall  is  Secretary  of  the  China  Inland  Mission,  and  in 
this  book  sets  forth  more  distinctly  the  principles  that  control  its 
action. 

China  and  the  Chinese.  A  general  description  of  the  country,  its  in¬ 
habitants,  civilization,  forms  of  government,  etc.,  with  particular 
reference  to  missions  and  methods.  John  L.  Nevius,  D.  D.  1882,  .  .  1.50 
Dr.  Nevius,  of  the  Presbyterian  mission,  was  a  most  careful  ob¬ 
server  of  customs  and  most  fertile  in  plans  for  the  development  of 
mission  work. 


When  I  Was  a  Boy  in  China.  Van  Phou  Lee, . 60 

A  narrative  of  a  Chinese  young  man,  with  a  glimpse  of  life  in  the 
Empire  from  the  inside,  written  in  a  quaint  and  naive  style. 

James  Gilmour,  of  Mongolia.  Richard  Lovett, . 1.75 

Among  the  Mongols.  By  the  late  Rev.  James  Gilmour, . 1.4a 

More  About  the  Mongols.  James  Gilmour,  M.  A.,  ....  . 2.00 

James  Gilmour  and  His  Boys,  ....  . 1.00 


These  books,  all  of  them,  set  forth  the  life  of  one  of  the  most 
unique  and  successful  missionaries  in  Northern  China,  and  give  not 
only  an  account  of  his  work  but  of  the  tribes  who  inhabit  the  great 
Mongolian  table-land.  His  life  stands  on  a  par  with  that  of  Paton, 
Mackay,  and  others. 

Demon  Possession  To-day  and  Kindre'd  Phenomena.  J.  L.  Nevius, 

D.  D.  1893, . 

This  little  book  portrays  and  discusses  some  of  the  strange 
phenomena  of  China,  and  is  of  great  interest,  entirely  aside  from  the 


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question  involved  in  the  title,  as  it  sets  fortli  very  sharply  some  of  the 
conditions  of  life  among  the  people. 

Characteristics  of  the  Chinese.  Rev.  Arthur  H.  Smith.  Revell,  .  .  .  $2.00 
Mr.  Smith  is  a  missionary  of  the  American  Board  in  North  China, 
a  shrewd  observer,  and  a  good  writer. 


Robert  Morrison,  the  Pioneer  of  Chinese  Missions.  Wm.  J.  Town¬ 
send.  Revell, . . 

Bright  Celestials.  John  Corning,  Chinaman  (Rev.  Archibald  La- 

mont) . 2-4° 

A  story  of  Chinese  life  by  an  Englishman  who  has  apparently 
succeeded,  in  a  great  degree,  in  looking  at  the  problems  of  Chinese 
life  from,  the  Chinese  point  of  view. 

The  Life  of  John  Kenneth  McKenzie,  Medical  Missionary  to  China, 
with  the  Story  of  the  first  China  Hospital.  Mrs.  Mary  I.  Bryson. 

Revell, . x-50 

Dr.  McKenzie  was  a  missionary  of  the  London  Missionary  So¬ 
ciety,  and  did  a  great  deal  toward  establishing  medical  work  in  the 
Empire. 


The  Chinese  Slave  Girl . . 

Leng  Tso,  . . .  . 

Choh  Lin.  Rev.  J.  A.  Davis, .  ...  1.15 

These  books,  by  a  missionary  of  the  Reformed  Church,  are  of 
great  interest,  giving  vivid  pictures  of  Chinese  life,  all  taken  from 
personal  experience  and  observation. 

Child  Life  in  Chinese  Homes.  Mrs.  M.  J.  Bryson.  1885, . 1.25 

A  good  descriptive  book  of  child-life  as  it  grows  to  womanhood, 
by  a  missionary  of  the  London  Missionary  Society. 

Missionary  Success  in  Formosa.  Rev.  Wm.  Campbell.  2  vols. 

An  account  of  mission  work  in  that  island  from  the  earliest  times, 
including  the  first  efforts  of  the  Dutch. 

General  Gordon.  Archibald  Forbes, . 4° 

Chinese  Gordon,  as  he  was  called,  while  a  soldier  was  also  a  mis¬ 
sionary  in  many  respects,  and  his  life  should  be  familiar  to  every  boy. 


India. 

To  properly  understand  mission  work  in  India,  and  the  position  of  the 
different  societies  engaged,  correctly,  the  results  accomplished,  as  well  as 
to  judge  rightly  of  the  character  of  the  different  books  printed,  it  is  essen¬ 
tial  to  have  some  clear  conception  of  the  condition  of  the  country,  both  as 
to  its  races,  its  languages,  and  its  political  divisions.  The  races  of  India 
are  almost  legion.  For  centuries  it  was  the  camping  and  fighting  ground 
of  different  tribes  which  have  mingled  until  in  some  places  different  com¬ 
posites  have  been  formed.  Religion  also  has  come  in  to  affect  these  dif¬ 
ferent  races.  Brabminism,  Hinduism,  Mohammedanism,  Parseeism,  and 
Buddhism  have  caused  amalgamation  of  races,  and  the  resultant  has  been 


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in  many  cases  a  something  entirely  distinct  from  what  is  found  anywhere 
else  in  the  world. 

The  religions  are  dominant  in  different  degrees  in  different  sections  of 
the  country;  thus  Mohammedanism  is  dominant  in  the  north,  especially 
in  the  Punjab ;  Buddhism  in  Ceylon ;  Brahminism  in  the  central  north, 
called  the  Northwest  Provinces.  Then  there  are  the  simpler  forms  of  Na¬ 
ture  worship  and  fetishism  of  one  sort  and  another  among  the  aboriginal 
tribes.  Mission  work  has  found  its  most  successful  field  among  these. 
The  contest  with  the  older  and  stronger  faiths  has  been  bitter  and 
the  conquest  slow;  hence,  a  book  telling  of  experiences  in  the  Punjab 
will  be  radically  different  from  one  describing  southern  sections  of  the 
Madras  Presidency,  as  Madura,  and  both  alike  very  different  from  one 
telling  of  work  among  the  Telugus  of  the  eastern  coast,  or  the  Sweepers 
of  the  Central  and  Northwest  Provinces.  Space  here,  and  the  object  of 
this  catalogue,  does  not  permit  more  than  such  hints,  which,  however, 
must  be  kept  in  mind  in  judging  of  different  works. 

Another  item  to  be  noted  is  the  political  government  in  India.  The 
empire  is  divided  into  provinces.  The  Bombay  Presidency  is  on  the  west 
coast,  and  has  Bombay  for  its  capital;  the  Madras  Presidency  occupies 
the  remainder  of  the  southern  peninsula,  with  Madras  as  its  centre  on  the 
east.  Bengal  is  the  section,  with  Calcutta  as  its  capital,  still  farther  to  the 
east.  Then  there  are  the  Northwest  Provinces  and  Oudh,  including  the 
cities  of  Lucknow,  Delhi,  etc.  The  Central  Provinces  lie  between  the 
Bombay  Presidency  and  the  Northwest  Provinces,  and  include  the  Gond 
tribes,  the  cities  of  Jubbul-pur,  etc.  Then  again  to  the  northwest  are 
Rajputana,  Sindhi,  and  to  the  north  of  Bengal  and  the  Northwest  Prov¬ 
inces  are  the  foot-hills  of  the  Himalayas,  from  Cashmere  to  Nepaul ;  then 
to  the  east  come  Assam  and  Burma,  included  in  what  is  known  as  Far¬ 
ther  India. 

The  geography  should  be  carefully  studied  by  any  one  who  seeks  to 
understand  its  missionary  life. 

Mission  work  in  India  includes  so  many  societies  that  it  is  almost  im¬ 
possible  to  give  the  list  here.  They  represent  all  the  different  churches  of 
Amei  ica,  Great  Britain,  and  continental  Kurope,  many  of  them  having 
more  than  one  field.  The  missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Boards  are  en¬ 
tirely  in  the  Northwest  Provinces;  the  American  Board  is  in  Bombay 
Ptesidency,  Madura,  and  Ceylon  ;  the  Methodist  Board  is  chiefly  in  the 
Northwest  and  Central  Provinces;  the  Baptists  occupy  the  Telugu  district, 
Burma,  and  Assam  ;  and  the  English  societies  are  represented  in  different 
sections,  as  are  most  if  not  all  of  the  German  societies. 

The  general  literature  of  India  is  so  great  that  it  is  extremely  difficult 
to  select  the  best.  Not  only  English  but  American  authors  have  written 
upon  almost  eveiv  phase  of  life — native,  foreign,  civil,  religious — and  its 
general  history  has  been  made  clear  in  a  multitude  of  books.  The  most 
that  can  be  done  is  to  give  a  few  of  the  most  important. 

Imperial  Gazetteer  of  India.  The  Indian  Empire.  A  Brief  History 
of  the  Indian  People. 

These  three  books,  by  Sir  William  Hunter,  confessedly  the  stand¬ 
ard  authority  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  general  history  of  that 
great  empire,  are  all  valuable.  The  Gazetteer ,  in  fifteen  volumes, 


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including  the  index,  is  probably  scarcely  available  for  most  church  or 
Sunday-school  libraries.  It  is  extremely  valuable,  however,  in  larger 
libraries,  containing  as  it  does  an  immense  mass  of  information  of 
every  kind— geographic  and  descriptive— of  every  department  of  life. 
The  Indian  Empire  is  a  more  compact  work,  generally  describing  the 
people,  history,  and  the  products.  A  new  edition  has  been  recently 
prepared,  costing  $11.00.  The  third,  or  Brief  History  of  the  Indian 
People  gives  a  bird’s-eye  view  of  the  development  of  the  empire. 
Any  one  of  these  is  valuable.  Perhaps  the  precedence  should  be  given 
to  the  second  as  on  the  whole  the  most  useful. 


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Brahminism  and  Hinduism.  Sir  Monier  Williams.  1889,..  ...  •  •  $4-°° 
Sir  Monier  Williams  is  in  Indian  religions  what  Sir  Wm.  Hunter 
is  in  the  general  history  and  description  of  the  empire,  and  this  book 
is  probably  the  most  complete  and  valuable  on  that  general  subject. 

Buddhism :  The  Life  and  Teachings  of  Gautama.  Prof.  T.  W.  Rhys 

Davids.  1877, . . 

Professor  Davids  is  one  of  the  best  writers  upon  the  Indian  relig¬ 
ions,  and  has  furnished  a  number  of  articles  or  shorter  sketches. 

Hinduism  :  Past  and  Present,  with  an  account  of  recent  Hindu  reform¬ 
ers  and  a  brief  comparison  between  Hinduism  and  Christianity.  The 

Rev.  J.  Murray  Mitchell,  LL.  D.,  .  .  . .  '  •  i 

Dr.  Mitchell  was  a  missionary  in  India,  and  has  made  special 
study  of  the  religions.  This  book  is  valuable,  especially  as  setting 
forth  the  relation  between  Hinduism  and  the  later  developments,  seek¬ 
ing  to  purify  it  of  its  evils.  It  thus  dwells  upon  the  Brahmo-Somaj 
and  similar  societies.  It  is  short  and  yet  thoroughly  scientific. 

The  Light  of  Asia  and  the  Light  of  the  World  ;  a  comparison  of  the 
Legends,  Doctrine,  and  Ethics  of  the  Buddha,  with  the  Story,  Doc¬ 
trine  and  Ethics  of  Christ.  S.  H.  Kellogg,  D.  D.  1885 . . 

Dr  Kellogg  a  professor  in  the  Western  Theological  Seminary, 
at  Allegheny,  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  missionary  in  India.  He 
paid  special  attention  to  these  topics,  and  this  book  is  the  result  of  his 
examinations  and  is  extremely  valuable. 

India:  What  it  Can  Teach  Us.  F.  Max  Muller.  1892,  ••  •  •  •  •  •  ' 

A  series  of  lectures  by  the  well-known  professor,  delivered  before 

the  University  of  Cambridge. 

of  Lord  Lawrence,  Viceroy  of  India.  Bosworth  Smith. 


1.25 


The  Life 

1885, 


5.00 


The' history  and  development  of  India  are  so  thoroughly  identified 
with  the  English  occupation,  and  that  is  so  dependent  upon  the  char¬ 
acter  of  the  rulers,  that  any  effort  to  thoroughly  understand  eithei r  the 
country,  its  people,  or  the  influences  at  work  among  them  would  be 
unavailing,  except  as  some  such  book  as  this  is  read  and  carefully 
digested.  Lord  Lawrence,  who  really  saved  India  at  the  time  of 
the  great  mutiny,  was  perhaps  the  finest  English  Governor  that 
ever  lived  in  India,  and  this  story  of  his  life 


any  biography  that  ever  was  written. 


is  as  fascinating  as 
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biographer,  while  appreciating  to  the  full  the  grandeur  of  Sir  John’s 
character,  did  not  enter  into  the  deepest  sympathy  with  his  religious 
feeling;  hence  his  relation  to  the  department  of  Christian  work  is  not 
as  clear  as  could  be  wished.  It  is,  however,  there,  and  no  one  can 
read  this  book  without  a  deeper  sympathy  and  a  clearer  comprehen¬ 
sion  of  the  difficulties  and  the  opportunities  of  mission  work  than  he 
could  secure  in  almost  any  other  way. 

Where  Three  Empires  Meet.  A  narrative  of  recent  travel  in  Kashmir, 
Western  Tibet,  Gilgit,  and  the  adjoining  countries.  Mr.  E.  F.  Knight. 

With  a  map  and  fifty-four  illustrations.  New  York, . $5.00 

Mr.  Knight  is  an  experienced  hand  in  books  of  this  character. 

The  country  traversed  by  the  author  lies  between  the  Punjab  on  the 
north,  Tibet  on  the  east  and  north,  Afghanistan  or  Kafiristan  on  the 
west.  It  lies  in  the  path  of  that  possible  Russian  advance  in  India 
which  is  the  chronic  dread  of  the  British,  and  is  still  a  land  which 
both  man  and  nature  make  difficult  of  access.  Mr.  Knight’s  narra¬ 
tive  is  interesting  in  all  these  points  of  view. 

India:  Country,  People,  and  Missions.  J.  T.  Gracey,  D.  D.  1884,  .  .  1.00 
Dr.  Gracey,  himself  for  many  years  a  resident  missionary  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  North  India,  and  during  subsequent 
years  constantly  in  touch  with  the  broadest  elements  of  mission  life, 
gives  here  a  brief  but  extremely  valuable  sketch  of  the  empire  and 
the  success  of  Christianity  in  it. 

The  Syrian  Church  in  India.  G.  M.  Rae . 3.00 

This  Syrian  Church  is  the  remnant  of  the  work  accomplished  by 
the  Nestorian  missionaries  in  the  early  centuries,  and  the  statement 
of  their  present  condition  is  of  great  value  and  interest. 

India  and  Malaysia.  J.  M.  Thoburn,  D.  D.  1892 . . 2.00 

Dr.  Thoburn,  well  known  as  the  missionary  bishop  of  the  Meth¬ 
odist  Episcopal  Church  in  India,  has  in  this  book  given  the  result  of 
his  acquaintance  during  thirty-three  years  with  the  people,  institu¬ 
tions,  and  religious  needs  of  those  countries.  It  is  by  no  means  a 
denominational  book,  but  is  essentially  pandenominational  in  its  sym¬ 
pathies  and  general  outlook  over  mission  fields. 

Indika.  John  F.  Hurst,  D.  D.  1891, . 3.75 

This  is  a  book  of  travels  by  the  well-known  bishop  of  the  Meth¬ 
odist  Episcopal  Church.  It  is  sketchy,  entertaining  from  beginning 
to  end,  and  valuable  as  the  comments  of  a  shrewd  observer  and  one 
well  posted  in  the  general  topics  considered.  It  is  well  illustrated  and 
a  valuable  book. 

The  Land  of  the  Vedas.  William  Butler,  D.  D.  1871 . 4.00 

An  illustrated  book  of  travel  by  a  missionary  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church. 

Hong  Kong  to  the  Himalayas.  E.  W.  Clark,  1880 . 1.50 

A  breezy  book  of  travels  of  three  thousand  miles  through  India. 
Illustrated  largely  from  photographs. 


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Seven  Years  in  Ceylon.  Mary  and  Margaret  Leitch.  1890,  . . $1.25 

A  sketch  of  life  by  these  two  well-known  missionary  ladies. 

Two  Happy  Years  in  Ceylon.  Miss  C.  F.  Gordon  Cuming.  2  vols.,  .  .  8.00 
A  book  of  travels,  or  of  residence,  rather,  by  one  who  understands 
thoroughly  the  art  of  writing,  and  while  not  distinctively  missionary, 
is  in  hearty  sympathy  with  all  good  work. 

Every-day  Life  in  India.  The  Rev.  A.  D.  Rowe, . I-5° 

A  book  of  every-day  life,  in  which  the  author,  a  missionary,  tells 
of  the  people,  their  manners,  customs,  dress,  amusements,  methods  of 
education,  etc. 

Every-day  Life  in  South  India ;  or.  The  Story  of  Coopooswamey. 

. . . . ;  *  J-00 

A  picture  of  real  life,  such  as  is  led  by  millions  in  South  India. 

The  illustrations  are  very  good. 

Native  Life  in  South  India.  The  Rev.  Henry  Rice.  1891, . 60 

The  author  was  an  English  missionary  for  eighteen  years,  and 
prepared  this  book  with  special  reference  to  a  young  people  s  library. 
Illustrations  in  it  are  from  native  sketches. 

Scenes  in  Southern  India.  Mrs.  Murray  Mitchell,  •  •  . . I'°° 

Notes  of  a  tour  by  this  missionary  lady  through  a  region  compara¬ 
tively  little  known  in  America,  with  special  reference  to  the  changes 
that  missionary  labors  have  brought  about. 

Bits  About  India.  Mrs.  James  F.  Holcomb, . J-00 

This  book,  by  one  who  has  long  been  a  missionary  of  the  Presby¬ 
terian  Board  in  that  country,  is  especially  notable  because  it  contains 
a  great  many  of  the  minor  facts,  such  as  every  one  wishes  to  know, 
but  which  most  writers  are  apt  to  overlook. 

The  Child  of  the  Ganges.  A  tale  of  the  Judson  mission.  The  Rev. 

Robert  N.  Barrett.  1892 . .  ■  •  •  ■  i-25 

An  attractive  and  indeed  exciting  story,  whose  incidents  aie 
drawn  from  scenery  of  India,  and  relates  especially  to  the  stiuggle 
between  Christianity  and  Hinduism  in  the  native  mind.  The  scene  is 
laid  about  thirty  years  before  the  siege  of  Lucknow. 


A  Girl’s  Winter  in  India.  Mary  Thorne  Carpenter.  1892 . 1.50 

A  journal  kept  on  a  visit  to  Ceylon,  Bombay,  Calcutta  and  the  most 
important  cities  of  Northern  India.  The  writer  is  a  careful  observer, 
and  her  descriptions  are  excellent.  There  are  some  illustrations. 

The  Children  of  India.  Written  for  children  by  one  of  their  friends,  .  .  1.25 


This  nicely  illustrated  book  is  an  exceptionally  good  missionary 
book  for  children,  well  written  and  amusing. 

Indian  Gems  for  the  Master’s  Crown.  Miss  Droese.  1893 . 

Two  stories  from  Indian  life,  illustrating  the  means  used  to  win 
the  minds  and  hearts  of  Hindus,  and  the  hindrances  which  must  be 
overcome  by  them.  They  are  from  real  life,  the  first  one  being,  The 


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Indian  Devotee  and  his  Disciples,”  and  the  second,  “  From  Bondage 
to  Freedom  ;  or,  The  Life  of  Tulsi  Hall.” 

Once  Hindu  now  Christian.  The  early  life  of  Baba  Padmanji.  1891,  .$  .75 
An  autobiography,  edited  by  J.  Murray  Mitchell,  LL.  D.  An  au¬ 
tobiographic  account  by  a  Hindu  of  the  higher  class  of  his  early  ex¬ 
periences  and  progress  out  of  Hinduism  into  Christianity.  One  chief 
interest  about  it  is  the  fact  that  it  is  not  a  Europeanized  version  of  an 
Oriental  narrative,  but  contains  very  closely  the  exact  form  of  tone 
and  sentiment  of  the  author.  It  is  also  specially  interesting  as  a  reve¬ 
lation  of  what  Christians  are  in  mission  lands,  and  of  the  impression 
already  made  on  Indian  society. 

A  Woman’s  Talk  About  India.  Miss  Brittan . 90 


1.50 


1.50 


The  Wellspring  of  Immortality.  A  tale  of  Indian  life.  S.  S.  Hewlett, 

A  vivid  representation  of  the  difficulties  and  trials  of  Indian  con¬ 
verts.  Illustrated.  Especially  interesting  for  young  people. 

Lepers  of  our  Indian  Empire.  Wellesley  C.  Bailey.  1893. 

There  is  no  country  in  the  world  where  more  has  been  done  for 
this  class  of  unfortunates  than  India,  and  the  pioneer  of  this  work 
has  been  Mr.  Bailey,  who  is  the  secretary  of  a  special  society  which 
does  some  work  by  itself  and  also  assists  very  largely  other  societies. 

This  book  sets  forth  very  clearly  and  in  a  most  valuable  manner  the 
peculiar  needs  of  those  people. 

History  of  Protestant  Missions  in  India.  The  Rev.  M.  A.  Sherring.  Re¬ 
vised  by  the  Rev.  Edward  Storrow.  1884 . 

A  general  survey  of  the  work  of  missions,  and  valuable  for  refer¬ 
ence. 

The  Conversion  of  India.  George  Smith,  LL.  D.  1893 . 

A  series  of  lectures  delivered  by  the  well-known  secretary  of  the 
Free  Church  of  Scotland  before  the  theological  seminary  of  the  Re¬ 
formed  (Dutch)  Church,  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.  Dr.  Smith  is  a 
thorough  historian,  very  careful  and  judicious  in  his  setting  forth  of 
the  facts,  and  this  book  is  unquestionably  a  most  important  contribu¬ 
tion  to  the  history  of  missions  in  that  empire.  It  is  scholarly  rather 
than  popular,  and  for  reference  rather  than  continuous  reading  by  the 
ordinary  reader.  Ministers,  teachers,  and  students  will  find  it  ex¬ 
tremely  interesting  and  valuable  from  beginning  to  end. 

The  Life  of  William  Carey,  D.  D. ;  Shoemaker  and  Missionary.  1885,  3.00 

The  Life  of  Alexander  Duff,  D.  D.  1879 . 3.75 

These  two  biographies  by  Dr.  George  Smith,  of’the  Free  Church 
of  Scotland,  are  standard  works,  setting  forth  not  only  what  these 
noble  men  were  but  what  they  did.  Carey  is  well  known  as  the 
originator  of  modern  missions  in  India.  Dr.  Duff,  less  widely  known, 
was  scarcely  less  influential  in  developing  the  educational  system  of 
India.  There  is  another  biography  of  Carey  in  a  more  popular  form, 
by  the  Rev.  John  B.  Myers, . 75 


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From  Darkness  to  Light.  The  Story  of  a  Telugu  convert.  J.  E.  Clough, 

D.  D.  . . .  '  '  ’  *I-4° 

A  story  of  home  life  among  the  Telugus,  by  the  veteran  Baptist 

missionary. 

History  of  the  Telugu  Mission.  David  Downie,  D.  D. 

This  mission,  known  in  missionary  history  as  “  The  Lone  Star 
Mission,”  has  a  history  not  surpassed  in  interest  by  any  in  all  the  an¬ 
nals  of  the  work.  For  years  there  seemed  to  be  absolutely  no  hope  of 
success  The  missionaries  refused  to  return,  notwithstanding  that 
they  were  repeatedly  recalled,  and  at  last  their  persistence  was  re¬ 
warded  by  an  advance,  such  as  no  one  would  imagine  without  reading 
the  history.  Every  one  interested  in  missions  should  be  posted  upon 
it.  It  is  one  of  the  miracles  of  missions. 

The  Bishop’s  Conversion.  Mrs.  Ellen  Blackmar  Maxwell.  1892,  ...  1.50 

This  book,  by  a  missionary  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
was  called  out  bv  the  frequent  charges  as  to  the  life  and  work  of  mis¬ 
sionaries  made  by  some  English  visitors.  She  represents  the  bishop 
as  a  leader  in  the  church  and  a  thinking  man,  who  goes  to  India,  re¬ 
mains  there  a  year,  lives  like  the  missionaries,  and  then  returns  to  de¬ 
fend  them,  more  impressed  than  ever  with  the  value  of  their  work. 

It  is  in  story  form,  but  it  is  true  and  valuable  for  every  library. 

The  Indian  Mutiny.  G.  P.  Malleson . .  •  •  *-75 

Some  knowledge  of  the  famous  mutiny  should  be  secured  by  all 
who  desire  to  understand  life  and  work  in  India.  The  biography  of 
Lord  Lawrence  gives  undoubtedly  the  best  general  history,  but  this  is 
valuable  as  having  special  reference  to  that  period.  It  is  a  smaller 
book,  and  written  t  entertaining  style. 

The  Story  of  a  Dedicated  Life  ;  or,  The  Memoir  of  Dr.  Joseph  Owen,  a 

devoted  missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  in  North  India . 1.00 


The  Old  Missionary.  A  narrative  in  four  chapters.  Sir  Wm.  Hunter,  . 

A  description  of  an  old  Scotchman,  at  first  connected  with  one  of 
the  missionary  societies,  afterward  independent,  and  his  work  among 
the  hill  tribes  of  India,  making  a  story  as  grand,  pathetic,  and  mspn- 
ing  as  any  in  the  missionary  annals. 


The  Land  of  Idols;  or,  Talks  with  Young  People  about  India. 

Rev  John  J.  Pool  (late  of  Calcutta).  Illustrated . 

This  book  describes  the  various  conjuring  tricks,  sacred  animals, 
saints,  prayer  machines,  etc.,  gives  a  sketch  of  the  mutiny  and  de¬ 
scribes  much  of  the  household  life.  It  is  not  distinctively  missionary 
in  its  character,  but  is  written  from  the  missionary  standpoint. 


•5° 


1.25 


Japan. 

There  is  no  mission  field  that  has  been  more  prominently  before  the 

Christian  world  for  the  last  few  years  than  the  Empire  of  Japan,  and 
this  is  increased  by  the  war  with  China  over  Korea.  The  reasons 
for  this  are  many,  chief  among  them  the  fact  that  the  Japanese  have 


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themselves  manifested  so  much  of  a  desire  to  be  fully  acquainted  with 
Christianity  and  with  everything  else  that  has  assisted  to  make  Western 
nations  what  they  are  to-day.  As  is  natural,  in  consequence  of  this  there 
is  a  large  amount  of  literature  upon  Japan.  Many  books  have  been  pre¬ 
pared  by  differing  writers,  giving  many  different  sides  of  the  work  there. 
Those  given  below  are  most  reliable  and  the  best  from  the  missionary 
standpoint.  Any  lengthy  statement  here  as  to  the  history  itself  is  un¬ 
necessary.  There  is  practically  but  one  race,  one  language,  and  one 
general  style  of  life,  the  only  exception  being  the  small  number  of  aborig¬ 
ines,  or  Ainu.  Hence,  the  work  carried  on  by  any  one  of  the  different 
societies  is  not  dissimilar  from  that  by  any  other,  and  the  experiences  of 
one  may  be  taken  as  descriptive  of  the  experiences  of  any  other. 

The  number  of  societies  at  work  in  Japan  is  very  large,  considering 
the  comparatively  small  territory.  They  are,  however,  almost  confined 
to  America,  the  Church  Missionary  Society  of  Scotland,  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland,  and  the  Methodist  Church  of  Canada 
being  the  most  important  ones  outside  of  this  country.  Japan,  therefore, 
appeals  very  closely  to  American  interests.  The  native  churches,  under 
the  care  ot  the  different  Presbyterian  Boards,  are  gathered  in  what  is 
called  the  United  Church  of  Japan.  The  churches  formed  in  connection 
with  the  American  Board  (Congregational)  are  united  under  the  term 
Kunn-ai.  These  two  organizations  are  about  equal  in  numbers,  and  in¬ 
clude  the  greater  part  of  the  Christian  churches  of  the  Empire. 

r  The  Mikado's  Empire.  W.  E.  Griffis,  D.  D.  1876.  5th  ed.,  revised 
1890 . 

’  .  . . 

I  his  is  a  standard  work  on  Japan,  giving  a  survey  of  its  history 

as  well  as  a  general  description  of  the  country  and  the  manners  and 
customs  of  the  people.  Dr.  Griffis  went  to  Japan,  in  1870,  to  organize 
schools  on  the  American  plan,  was  superintendent  of  education  in 
one  of  the  provinces,  and  for  three  years  held  a  position  in  the  Impe¬ 
rial  University  of  Tokio. 

Japan.  David  Murray,  Ph.  D.  1894 .  r  50 

This  is  the  latest  book  on  Japan,  and  is  furnished  by  one  who  was 
for  a  long  time  adviser  to  the  Japanese  Minister  of  Education.  As 
one  of  the  "Story  of  the  Nation”  series,  it  is  a  standard  work.  It 
includes  a  physical  and  topographical  description  of  the  Japanese 
Archipelago,  a  description  of  the  original  and  present  races,  an  ac¬ 
count  of  the  myths  and  legends  of  the  early  history,  together  with 
vaiious  appendices.  It  is  illustrated  and  intensely  interesting  as  well 
as  valuable. 

Japan  in  History,  Folk-lore,  and  Art.  1892, . . 

Honda,  the  Samurai.  1892, . 

These  two  books,  by  W.  E.  Griffis,  D.  D„  the  author  of  The  '  ^ 
Mikado's  Empire,  are  invaluable,  the  former  for  its  brief  but  clear  in¬ 
formation,  the  latter  for  its  vivid  picturing  of  Japanese  life. 

A  new  book  by  Dr.  Griffis,  The  Religion  of  Japan,  is  in  press. 

Life  and  Adventure  in  Japan.  E.  W.  Clark.  1890, . . 

Mr.  Clark  was  for  four  years  a  teacher  in  the  employ  of  the  Japan- 
ese  Government.  The  book  is  illustrated  from  original  photographs. 


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The  Real  Japan.  Studies  of  contemporary  Japanese  manners,  morals, 


administration,  and  politics.  Henry  Norman.  1890, . $1.50 

A  lively,  vigorous  sketch  by  one  who  knows  Japan  well. 

Unbeaten  Tracks  in  Japan.  Isabella  F.  Bird . 2.50 


This  is  an  intensely  interesting  book  by  a  writer  perhaps  better 
known  as  Mrs.  Isabella  Bird-Bishop. 

The  Sunrise  Kingdom.  1879, . 2.00 

Kesa  and  Sajiro.  1888, . 100 

Two  books,  by  Mrs.  J.  D.  Carrothers,  a  missionary  of  the  Presby¬ 
terian  Board,  written  in  a  pleasant,  entertaining  style. 

Life  and  Letters  of  Joseph  Hardy  Neesima.  Arthur  Sherburne  Hardy,  2.00 
The  story  of  a  life  of  wonderful  simplicity  and  strength.  Mr. 
Neesima  came  to  America  in  a  ship  belonging  to  the  Hon.  Alpheus 
Hardy,  of  Boston.  Mr.  Hardy  became  deeply  interested  in  him  and 
gave  him  an  education.  He  studied  at  Amherst  College  and  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  and  then  returned  to  Japan,  where  he  took  a 
high  position,  not  only  among  Christians,  but  in  the  nation  at  large. 

He  was  the  founder  of  the  Doshisha  University. 

The  Story  of  Neesima.  Phebe  Fuller  McKeen, . 60 

A  sketch  of  the  early  life  of  Joseph  Hardy  Neesima,  as  nearly  as 
possible  in  the  quaint,  fresh  English  in  which  he  told  it  to  the  author 
soon  after  his  arrival  in  this  country. 


Japanese  Girls  and  Women, . 1.25 

A  Japanese  Interior.  Alice  Mabel  Bacon . . 


These  two  books,  by  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Leonard  Bacon,  who  went 
to  teach  in  a  school  for  noble  girls,  under  the  management  of  the 
Imperial  household  department,  give  a  view  of  Japanese  home  life 
entirely  apart  from  missionary  surroundings. 

An  American  Missionary  in  Japan.  M.  L.  Gordon,  D.D.  1893,  ...  1.25 
Dr.  Gordon  has  been  a  missionary  of  the  American  Board  in  Japan 
for  more  than  twenty  years,  and  has  had  a  wide  experience  both  in 
teaching  in  the  Doshisha  University  and  in  evangelistic  work.  This 
is  considered  by  many  the  best  book  of  its  kind. 

A  Modern  Paul  in  Japan.  An  Account  of  the  Life  and  Work  of  the 
Rev.  Paul  Sawayama.  Jinzo  Naruse.  With  an  introduction  by 

Alexander  McKenzie,  D.  D.,  . . 1.00 

Both  the  author  and  the  subject  of  the  story  were  born  in  Japan 
and  converted  to  Christianity.  Mr.  Sawayama  was  in  early  life  a 
soldier  and  was  inclined  to  asceticism.  After  his  conversion  he  came 
to  America  for  study  in  1877,  was  ordained  over  a  self-supporting 
church,  the  first  native  pastor,  it  is'said,  in  the  country. 

Prince  Siddartha,  the  Japanese  Buddha.  Rev.  John  L.  Atkinson,  .  .  1.25 
Mr.  Atkinson  is  a  missionary  of  the  American  Board  and  this  book 
contains  the  substance  of  a  Japanese  book  published  over  two  hun¬ 
dred  years  ago,  and  is  believed  by  many  millions  as  giving  the  facts  of 
the  sacred  life  which  they  very  highly  revere.  It  also  contains  com- 


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merits  on  the  life  by  the  author  and  other  information  concerning 
Japanese  Buddhism,  which  increase  its  value  to  all  who  seek  an  ac¬ 
quaintance  with  this  form  of  religion. 

The  Ainu  of  Japan.  Rev.  John  Batchelor, . 50 

An  account  of  the  Religion,  Superstitions,  and  General  History  of 
the  Aborigines,  by  a  missionary  of  the  Church  Missionary  Society  of 
England. 

Japan  ;  Travels  and  Researches.  J.  J.  Rein,  Professor  of  Geography  in 

the  University  at  Marburg.  1884 .  '  ?  so 

This  book,  undertaken  at  the  request  and  cost  of  the  German  gov¬ 
ernment,  is  probably  the  most  comprehensive  book  on  Japan  that 
there  is. 

A  Budget  of  Letters  from  Japan.  1889 .  200 

Milo  Yashiki.  A  tale  of  old  Japan.  1889 . ‘  ‘  ‘  / 

These  are  two  books  by  Arthur  C.  Maclay,  for  some  time  in¬ 
structor  of  English  in  a  university  in  Tokio.  Both  are  interesting  and 
valuable. 

The  Wee  Ones  of  Japan.  Mae  St.  John  Bramhall . ,  00 

A  little  book  descriptive  of  child  life  in  Japan. 

Paoli ;  The  Last  of  the  Missionaries.  A  picture  of  the  overthrow  of  the 
Christians  in  Japan  in  the  seventeenth  century.  W.  C.  Kitchen.  1891,  1.00 
A  historical  romance  describing  the  war  of  extermination  made 
on  the  Jesuit  Christians  and  their  leaders.  It  is  in  general  accord  with 
the  well-known  history  of  those  times,  and  sets  forth  very  vividly  ex¬ 
periences,  the  knowledge  of  which  is  essential  to  the  understanding 
of  the  present  condition. 

Jinrikisha  Days  in  Japan.  Eliza  Ruhamah  Scidmore.  1891, . 2.oo 

An  illustrated  book  of  Japanese  life  and  scenery,  the  result  of 
nearly  three  years  spent  in  the  three  larger  divisions  of  the  empire. 

The  Story  of  a  Heathen.  H.  L.  Reade .  6o 

The  account  of  the  growth,  conversion,  and  wide  influence  of  a 
Japanese  man  now  holding  a  high  position.  An  inspiration  to  every 
reader. 

Things  Japanese.  Basil  Hall  Chamberlain . 

This  book,  by  one  who  was  for  a  long  time  Professor  of  Japanese 
Language  and  Philology  in  the  Imperial  University  of  Japan,  is  a  sort 
of  encyclopaedia  containing  notes  on  various  subjects  connected  with 
the  country.  There  is  no  especial  order  to  them,  but  they  give  a  kind 
of  information  such, as  can  be  found  in  almost  no  other  book.  They 
touch  upon  the  festivals,  describe  the  earthquakes,  give  notes  of  the 
language,  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  ordinary  life  of  the  people 
trades,  etc.  ’ 

Women  of  the  Orient.  An  account  of  the  religious,  intellectual,  and 
social  condition  of  women  in  Japan,  China,  India,  Egypt,  Syria 
and  Turkey.  Ross  C.  Houghton, .  '  i  20 


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The  Children’s  Japan.  Mrs.  W.  H.  Smith, . $1.50 

Printed  in  Tokio  on  untearable  Japanese  crepe  paper  and  illus¬ 
trated  in  color  by  Japanese  artists. 

From  Egypt  to  Japan.  Henry  M.  Field,  D.  D . 2.00 

Korea. 

Korea  has  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Western  World  only  within  a 
few  years,  but  already  it  is  attracting  great  attention,  especially  in  view 
of  the  war  between  China  and  Japan  for  the  chief  influence  in  its  affairs. 
Nominally  under  the  suzerainty  of  China,  the  king  has  also  felt  the  pres¬ 
sure  of  the  Japanese  and  Russian  Governments,  each  of  which  claims  a 
right  of  special  influence.  He  has  in  the  main  been  friendly  to  foreigners, 
following  thus  somewhat  the  example  of  the  Japanese.  Mission  work  is 
carried  on  in  Seoul,  the  capital,  and  in  a  few  other  cities  to  the  south  and 
north  by  the  Presbyterian  and  Methodist  Boards,  all  working  together 


most  harmoniously.  The  literature  in  regard  to  the  country  is  still  some¬ 
what  meagre. 

Korea,  the  Hermit  Nation.  W.  E.  Griffis,  D.  D.  1888, . 2.50 

This  is  the  standard  work  on  Korea,  giving  its  ancient  and 
modern  history,  as  well  as  accounts  of  its  manners  and  religion,  by  the 
author  of  The  Mikado' s  Empire. 

Korea:  Without  and  Within.  W.  E.  Griffis,  D.  D.  1885, . 1.15 

Dealing  more  in  general  description  than  Dr.  Griffis’  other  book. 

Korea  :  From  its  Capital,  with  a  Chapter  on  Missions.  Rev.  Geo.  W. 

Gilmore.  1892, . 1.25 


A  general  description  by  one  who  had  been  for  eight  years  a  mis¬ 
sionary  there,  and  who  claims  that  the  Koreans  have  proved  more  re¬ 
ceptive  of  Christian  truth  than  the  Chinese  or  even  the  Japanese. 

Choson,  the  Land  of  the  Morning  Calm.  Percival  Lowell.  1887,  .  .  3.00 
Finely  illustrated. 


Korean  Tales.  H.  M.  Allen,  M.  D.  1889 . 1.25 

A  collection  of  stories  from  Korean  folk-lore,  with  an  introductory 
description  of  the  country. 

A  Forbidden  Land.  Voyages  to  the  Korea.  E.  Oppert.  1880, . 5.00 


Mexico,  Central  and  South  America. 

Missionary  interest  in  these  countries  is  of  comparatively  recent 
growth,  and,  indeed,  there  has  not  been  until  within  a  few  years  any 
general  information  about  them.  Travelers  have  sought  other  fields,  and 
there  has  been  comparatively  little  to  engage  the  attention  of  the  historian 
since  the  standard  works  of  Prescott.  As  a  result  the  literature  is  very 
meagre,  and  what  there  is  is  mostly  general  in  its  character,  and  with  com¬ 
paratively  little  reference  to  mission  work.  That  work  is  chiefly  among 
the  Roman  Catholics.  Allen  Gardiner  turned  his  attention  to  the  pagan 
Indians,  but  his  successors  found  little  to  encourage  them,  and  the  chief 


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efforts  of  the  South  American  Missionary  Society  are  to-day  directed  to 
the  British  colonies  in  the  seaports. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  has  missions  in  Mexico,  Guatemala,  the 
United  States  of  Colombia,  Chile,  and  Brazil;  the  American  Board 
in  Mexico;  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Churches  (North  and  South)  in 
Mexico,  Argentina,  and  Peru ;  the  Southern  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Mexico  and  Brazil;  the  Southern  Baptist  Convention  in  Mexico  and 
Brazil;  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church  in  Mexico;  the  Associate 
Reformed  Synod  in  Mexico,  and  the  Moravians  in  Central  America  (Mos¬ 
quito  Coast)  and  Guiana.  For  accounts  of  this  work  see  the  Encyclopedia 
of  Missions ,  as  also  for  work  in  the  West  Indies.  There  is  ready  no  special 
literature  on  that  field  that  can  be  recorded  or  is  available. 


Mexico. 

Mexico  in  Transition  from  the  Power  of  Political  Romanism  to  Civil 

and  Religious  Liberty.  William  Butler,  D.D.  1893, . $ 2.00 


The  best  recent  book  on  the  general  history  of  Mexico  that  there 
is.  It  also  gives  a  record  of  the  advance  of  Protestant  missions,  and 
is  extremely  valuable  for  Sunday-school  reference. 

About  Mexico,  Past  and  Present.  Hannah  More  Johnson.  1887,  .  .  .  1.50 
A  general  sketch  of  the  history  of  Mexico,  especially  with  refer¬ 
ence  to  the  development  of  mission  work. 

Mexico.  H.  H.  Bandelier.  1885, . 5  00 

A  standard  general  book  on  Mexico,  on  the  country  and  its 
people. 

Popular  History  of  Mexican  People.  H.  H.  Bancroft.  1888, . 4.50 

Twenty  Years  Among  the  Mexicans ;  a  Narrative  of  Missionary  Labor. 

Miss  Melinda  Rankin.  1881 .  1.25 

Miss  Rankin  has  been  identified  with  mission  work  from  its  very 
earliest  period  in  Mexico,  and  no  one  is  better  qualified  to  write  in 
regard  to  it. 

A  Mexican  Ranche.  Mrs.  Janie  P.  Duggan, . 1.25 

A  fascinating  book  by  a  missionary  of  the  Southern  Baptist  Con¬ 
vention. 


The  Native  Religions  of  Mexico  and  Peru.  Albert  Reville,  Professor  of' 


the  Science  of'Religions  at  the  College  of  France . 1.50 

Sketches  of  Mexico,  in  Prehistoric,  Primitive,  Colonial,  and  Modern 

Times.  John  W.  Butler,  D.  D., . 1.00 

Dr.  Butler  was  a  missionary  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


Central  and  South  America. 

The  Gospel  in  Central  America;  the  History  of  the  Baptist  Mission  in 

British  Honduras.  F.  Crowe.  1850, . 2.00 

This  is  a  book  that  will  not  so  easily  be  found,  but  is  the  only 
thing  on  the  early  history  of  missions  in  that  section. 


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Of  general  books  there  are  three  volumes  by  H.  H.  Bancroft  on 

Central  America, . 

Central  America,  The  West  Indies,  and  South  America.  H.  W. 

. 0.00 

The  volume  of  Stanford’s  Compendium  on  this  section  of  the 
world. 

Here  and  There  in  Yucatan.  Alice  Le  Plongeon, .  5 

.  s.oo 

Guatemala.  W.  T.  Brigham, . 

Incidents  of  Travel  in  Central  America.  J.  L.  Stevens.  Two  volumes,  6.00 

States  of  Central  America.  E.  G.  Squier . . 4  00 

In  and  Out  of  Central  America.  Frank  Vincent, . . 2  00 

The  Spanish-American  Republics.  Theodore  Child. 

This  is  a  large,  fully  illustrated  and  very  valuable  book  on  the 
general  condition  of  South  America,  especially  of  what  are  known  as 
the  Spanish- American  Republics  in  distinction  from  the  Portuguese. 

It  is  in  no  respect  religious  in  its  character,  though  Mr.  Child  is  not 
out  of  sympathy  with  missions. 

The  Capitals  of  Spanish=America.  William  Eleroy  Curtis  late  Com¬ 
missioner  from  the  United  States  to  the  governments  of  Cential  and 

South  America.  1888 . . . 3 

A  book  of  very  much  the  same  general  type  as  the  preceding. 

The  Story  of  Diaz,  the  Apostle  of  Cuba.  George  W.  Lasher,  D.  D.,  .  .  .25 

Brazil  and  the  Brazilians.  Portrayed  in  historical  and  personal 

sketches.  The  Rev.  James  C.  Fletcher  and  D.  P.  Kidder,  D.D.,  •  •  •  4  00 

Sketch  of  Brazil  Missions.  A.  L.  Blackford.  1879. 

Mr.  Blackford  was  for  several  years  agent  of  the  American  Bible 

Society  in  Brazil. 

Mission  Work  Among  the  Indian  Tribes  in  the  Forest  of  Guiana. 

A  book  prepared  under  the  auspices  of  the  English  Society  for  the 
Propagation  of  Christian  Knowledge.  Not  easily  attainable. 

Adventures  in  Patagonia.  Titus  Coan, . 1  ",  '  '  3 

With  the  exception  of  the  Life  of  Captain  Gardner  this  is  about 
the  only  book  we  have  that  treats  of  that  section  of  South  America. 

Allen  Francis  Gardiner.  J.  W.  Marsh.  1887 . 1-5 

Captain  Gardiner  was  the  pioneer  of  missions  in  South  America 
His  work  was  a  most  noble  one.  and  it  was  under  his  influence  that 
the  South  American  Missionary  Society  of  England  was  formed.  The 
story  of  his  life  ranks  with  the  story  of  Judson,  Caiey,  Hannmgto 
and  others.  While  a  layman  his  interest  in  missions  was  very  great. 

Pioneers  of  Fuegia.  Sarah  A.  Myers.  1861, . "  '  “  '  ‘  100 

An  account  of  missionary  work  with  Captain  Gardiner  and  his 

associates. 


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Life  and  Labors  of  John  Wray.  Pioneer  missionary  in  British  Guiana, 

South  America.  From  his  own  MSS., . $I-25 

The  Apostle  of  the  Indians  of  Quiana.  Rev.  F.  P.  L.  Josa.  1888,  .  .  .  1.50 
This  memoir  of  the  life  and  labors  of  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Brett,  for 
forty  years  a  missionary  in  British  Guiana,  gives  a  sketch  of  work  in 
that  section. 


The  Pacific. 

The  mission  fields  of  the  Pacific  maybe  divided  into  six  sections: 
Hawaiian  Islands,  Polynesia,  Melanesia,  Micronesia,  Australia,  and  New 
Zealand.  This  division  is  occasioned  both  by  geographical  location  and 
by  the  societies  at  work  in  them.  Taking  them  up  in  order,  we  notice 
first  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  the  most  northern  section. 

Interest  in  these  islands  is  especially  fresh  at  the  present  time,  in  view 
of  the  political  changes  that  have  taken  place.  The  work  was  originally 
started  by  missionaries  of  the  American  Board,  in  1819,  as  the  result  of  a 
visit  of  a  Hawaiian  boy  to  America.  It  grew  so  rapidly  that  it  was  not 
many  years  before  the  islands  were  called  and  known  distinctively  as 
Christian.  Heathen  influences,  however,  were  largely  reinforced  by  the 
worst  class  of  Western  travelers  and  seamen,  producing  a  state  of  things 
very  different  from  what  had  been  hoped  for,  and  which  has  resulted  in 
the  resumption  of  missionary  work  in  some  degree.  No  one  can  under¬ 
stand  the  real  import  of  the  recent  revolution  without  a  thorough  study 
of  the  history  of  mission  work  in  those  islands. 

Polynesia  includes  the  section  of  the  Pacific  between  the  10th  parallel 
North  Latitude  and  the  30th  South  Latitude,  and  1800  and  1300  Longitude 
east  from  Greenwich,  and  embraces  the  Samoan,  Society,  Austral,  Tonga  or 
Friendly,  Hervey  or  Cook,  Marquesas,  and  other  groups.  Among  the 
special  islands  that  are  familiar  to  the  readers  of  mission  history  are 
Tahiti,  Huahine,  Rarotonga,  Niue  or  Savage,  and  Pitcairn.  These 
islands  weie  the  first  to  attract  the  interest  of  two  of  the  missionary  soci¬ 
eties  of  Great  Britain — the  London  Missionary  Society  and  that  of  the 
Wesleyan  Methodists.  They  are  the  scene  of  many  of  the  most  thrilling 
incidents  of  early  missionary  life,  especially  in  connection  with  Tahiti, 
where  the  London  Missionary  Society  worked,  and  Samoa,  where  the 
Wesleyans  worked.  It  was  in  the  Society  Islands  that  so  many  of  the 
early  missionaries  lost  their  lives.  Since  many  of  these  islands,  especially 
Tahiti,  have  come  under  French  control  a  great  deal  of  Protestant  mis¬ 
sionary  work  has  been  transferred  to  the  Paris  Evangelical  Society. 

Melanesia  includes  the  corresponding  section  west  of  Polynesia,  be¬ 
tween  the  degiees  of  Longitude  130  and  180.  The  principal  groups  are 
the  New  Hebrides,  the  Fiji,  Salomon,  Loyalty,  and  the  island  of  New 
Guinea.  Here  the  work  is  shared  by  the  Presbyterian  churches  of  Scot¬ 
land  and  Canada,  the  Wesleyan  Methodists  and  the  Melanesian  Mission 
of  the  Church  of  England.  The  Presbyterian  missions  occupy  the  New 
Hebrides,  especially  among  the  islands  of  Eromanga,  Tanna,  Aneityum, 
and  others.  The  Weslevan  Methodists  started  the  work  in  the  Fiji 
Islands.  The  Melanesian  Mission  does  work  in  the  New  Hebrides  group, 
the  Santa  Cruz,  and  Salomon  Islands,  while  the  London  Missionary  Soci- 


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ety  occupies  the  Loyalty  Islands.  New  Guinea  is  occupied  by  the  London 
Missionary  Society,  and  the  Dutch  section  of  it  by  the  Rhenish  and 
Utrecht  societies  of  Holland.  Of  all  these,  the  best  known  in  missionary 
history  are  the  Fiji  Islands  and  the  New  Hebrides,  the  latter  especially 
through  the  life  of  Dr.  J.  G.  Paton  and  his  associates,  Messrs.  Inglis  and 
Steele.  The  story  of  the  work  in  those  islands  is  thrilling  in  many  o  its 
incidents  and  intensely  interesting  as  a  setting  forth  of  the  power  of  the 

Gospel  over  savages.  .  ,  .  , 

Micronesia  lies  to  the  north  of  Melanesia.  It  includes  the  Gilbert, 
Caroline,  Marshal,  and  Ladrone  Islands.  The  individual  islands  that  are 
best  known  are  Apaiang,  Ponape,  Kusaie.  The  work  in  them  was  com¬ 
menced  from  the  Hawaiian  Islands  by  missionaries  of  the  American 
Board  and  has  been  very  largely  developed  by  the  Hawaiian  Evangelical 
Society,  supported  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands.  It  is  in  this  section,  about 
the  Island  of  Ponape,  that  the  United  States  Government  has  had  so  much 
difficulty  with  the  Spanish  Government,  Spain  claiming  the  Caroline  Is- 


lands  as  her  own  territory. 

In  a  certain  sense  Australia  is  home  mission  field  rather  than  foreign 
mission  field.  Most  of  the  societies  are  English,  and  combine  work  among 
the  English  colonists  with  work  for  the  aboriginal  tribes  very  much  as  the 
denominations  in  the  United  States  carry  on  work  among  the  negroes  and 
Indians.  The  same  is  in  a  degree  true  at  present  of  New  Zealand.  The 
pioneer  work  there,  however,  was  accompanied  with  some  of  the  most 
thriliing  scenes  of  missionary  sacrifice  and  courage  known  in  connection 
with  any  field  in  the  world.  The  chief  work  has  been  done  by  the  Church 
Missionary  Society  and  the  Wesleyans,  and  it  is  still  being  carried  on 
most  successfully.  The  other  denominations  of  England  and  Scotland 
co-operate,  so  that  at  present  it  is  hardly  mission  ground. 

Malaysia,  or  the  Dutch  East  Indies,  as  it  is  called  sometimes,  includes 
the  islands  of  Sumatra,  Java,  Borneo,  Celebes,  and  the  Philippines,  lying 
just  to  the  northwest  of  Melanesia.  With  regard  to  these  islands  there  is 
comparatively  little  literature.  The  mission  work  in  them  has  been  car¬ 
ried  on  almost  entirely  by  the  Dutch  societies,  though  the  English  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  has  for  a  long  time  had  a  fairly  success- 
ful  work  in  Borneo  among  the  Dayaks,  and  the  London  Missionary 
Society  has  work  in  New  Guinea.  Within  the  past  few  years  the 
missionaries  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United  States, 
located  at  Singapore,  on  the  Malay  peninsula,  have  extended  theii  work 
among  the  people,  thus  bringing  these  sections  more  closely  in  relation 
with  the  American  churches. 


Hawaiian  Islands  and  Micronesia. 

Although  geographically  distinct,  missions  in  the  history  of  these  two 
sections  are  inseparably  connected,  and  most  of  the  books  on  missions  in 
the  Hawaiian  Islands  have  more  or  less  reference  to  or  description  oi 
Micronesia. 

The  Hawaiian  Islands.  . . 

Sandwich  Islands  Mission  of  the  American  Board.  1870, . 

These  two  books,  by  the  venerable  Rufus  Anderson,  D.  D.,  so  long 


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the  Secretary  of  the  American  Board,  are  authority  on  the  history  of 
those  islands  and  the  mission  work  in  them  up  to  1870.  Since  that 
time  there  has  been  no  special  attention  drawn  to  that  section  until 
within  the  last  year,  and  as  yet  there  is  no  general  book  setting  forth 
the  history  of  the  later  movements.  These  books  are  invaluable  for 
reference  and  general  description. 

Scenes  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands  and  California.  Mary  E.  Anderson. 

1865 . $1.15 

Honolulu  :  Sketches  of  Life,  Social,  Political,  and  Religious,  in  the 
Hawaiian  Islands  from  1828  to  t86i  ;  with  a  supplementary  sketch 

of  events.  Laura  Fish  Judd,  .  . . 1.00 

Mrs.  Judd,,  with  her  husband,  the  Rev.  G.  P.  Judd,  was  a  mission¬ 
ary  during  that  period,  and  her  sketches  are  from  personal  observation. 

A  Brief  History  of  the  Hawaiian  People.  W.  D.  Alexander.  1892,  .  .  1.50 
This  is  a  book  prepared  and  published  by  order  of  the  Hawaiian 
Board  of  Education,  for  school  and  home  use,  as  a  brief,  trustworthy 
history  of  the  islands.  It  goes  back  to  the  legendary  period  and  de¬ 
scribes  the  barbarous  customs  preceding  the  coming  of  the  mission¬ 
aries,  in  1820.  It  then  describes  the  change  that  took  place,  and  sets 
forth  the  difficulties  resulting  from  the  weakness  of  the  people  and 
their  relations  to  European  governments.  It  also  describes  the  condi¬ 
tions  out  of  which  have  come  the  recent  changes  which  cannot  be 
understood  without  some  knowledge  of  those  conditions. 

One  Summer  in  Hawaii.  Helen  Mather.  1891 . 2.00 

This  is  the  record  of  a  traveler  in  the  islands,  and  is  written  with 
ease  and  vivid  description.  It  is  copiously  illustrated,  and  generally 
a  pleasant  and  valuable  book  to  read. 

Life  in  Hawaii  :  An  Autobiographic  Sketch  of  Mission  Life  and  Labors. 

1835  to  1881.  The  Rev.  Titus  Coan, . 1.75 

Mr.  Coan,  one  of  the  most  successful  and  well-known  missionaries 
in  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  writes  with  a  graphic  style  that  gives  a  pic¬ 
ture  of  life  and  work  there  such  as  is  found  scarcely  anywhere  else. 

The  Hawaiian  Archipelago:  Six  Months  among  the  Sandwich  Islands. 

Mrs.  Isabella  Bird  Bishop.  1881, . 2.50 

This  book  is  by  the  veteran  traveler,  who  has  told  us  so  much  of 
Japan,  Persia,  Thibet,  and  other  countries.  Anything  that  she  writes 
is  well  worth  reading. 

Morning  Star  :  History  of  the  Children’s  Missionary  Vessel.  Mrs.  J.  S. 
Warren. 

This  little  book  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  of  books,  especially 
for  children,  telling  as  it  does  of  the  trips  through  the  Micronesia 
Islands  and  sketches  of  work  there. 

Ponape.  Mrs.  H.  S.  Thompson.  1874, . . 

This  island  has  come  into  special  interest  because  of  the  relations 
with  the  Spanish  government. 


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Polynesia  and  Melanesia. 

Here  again  the  two  sections  are  so  closely  connected  that  missionary 

accounts  of  one  almost  always  carry  with  them  references  to  the  other. 

John  G.  Paton,  Missionary  to  the  New  Hebrides.  An  autobiography 

edited  by  his  brother.  1889.  2  vols.  Illustrated, . $2.00 

These  two  volumes  make,  probably  without  question,  the  most 
fascinating  book  on  missions  that  is  before  the  public.  Full  of  inci¬ 
dent,  told  in  the  simple  and  yet  thrilling  style  of  the  veteran  mission¬ 
ary,  it  gives  a  view  of  missionary  experience  in  the  South  Seas  such 
as  has  not  been  surpassed  anywhere.  It  should  be  read  by  all  who 
desire  acquaintance  with  those  fields  and  the  work. 

The  Story  of  John  G.  Paton.  Told  for  Young  Folks.  By  the  Rev.  James 

Paton, . 1.50 

This  is  the  gathering  up  of  some  of  the  most  interesting  incidents 
of  the  larger  autobiography,  and  is  fascinating  from  beginning  to  end. 

New  Hebrides  and  Christian  Missions.  The  Rev.  R.  Steele.  1880. 

Dr.  Steele  was  a  missionary  of  the  Scotch  Church  there,  and  this 
gives  the  story  of  his  own  experience. 

In  the  New  Hebrides.  1886, . I  25 

Bible  Illustrations  from  the  New  Hebrides.  1890 . ••  125 

These  are  two  books  by  John  Inglis,  D.  D.,  one  of  the  Presbyterian 
missionaries  in  that  field,  and  both  are  invaluable  as  setting  forth,  in 
connected  form  and  somewhat  more  fully  than  Dr.  Paton’s  books  do, 
the  life  and  history  of  the  work  there. 

Cannibals  Won  for  Christ.  The  Rev.  Oscar  Michelsen.  1890,  ......  1.00 

The  writer  was  a  Norwegian  by  birth,  and  was  sent  as  a  mission¬ 
ary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  New  Zealand  to  the  island  of 
Tonga. 

Missionary  Enterprises, . .  1 

The  story  of  the  labors  of  John  Williams  in  the  South  Seas,  mis¬ 
sionary  of  the  London  Missionary  Society,  who  was  killed  at  Ero- 
manga,  in  1839. 

Cannibal  Islands  ;  or,  Fiji  and  Its  People, . 

Jottings  from  the  Pacific :  Fiji  and  Samoa, . 5° 

Tonga  Islands  and  Other  Groups, .  . 5° 

Sketches  of  travel,  with  some  historical  notes,  especially  from  the 
missionary  point  of  view,  by  Emma  H.  Adams. 

At  Home  in  Fiji.  C.  F.  Gordon  Cuming.  1881, . .  t-75 

A  general  description  of  life  there  by  one  who  has  traveled  in 
many  sections  of  the  world  and  understands  the  art  of  description. 

From  Island  to  Island  in  the  South  Seas.  George  Cousins,  D.  D., 

Secretary  of  the  London  Missionary  Society.  1893 . .  .23 

This  book  gives  the  account  of  a  trip  by  Dr.  Cousins  through  the 
fields  occupied  by  the  London  Missionary  Society  in  the  South  Pacific, 


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and  gives  not  merely  some  account  of  the  people,  but  of  the  present 
condition  of  the  missionary  work. 

Life  in  the  Southern  Isles ;  or,  Scenes  and  Incidents  in  the  South  Pacific 

and  New  Guinea.  Rev.  W.  W.  Gill, . $1.25 

Fiji  and  the  Fijians:  the  Islands  and  their  Inhabitants  and  the  Mission¬ 
ary  History.  Thomas  Williams  and  J.  Calvert.  2  vols., . 1.50 

Missions  in  Tonga  and  Fiji.  Friendly  and  Fiji  Islands.  Two  visits. 

The  Rev.  W.  Lawry, . 1.25 


East  Indies. 

Among  the  Cannibals  of  New  Guinea.  Rev.  S.  MacFarlane.  1892,  .  .  1.25 
This  is  the  story  of  the  New  Guinea  mission  of  the  London  Mis¬ 
sionary  Society. 

Work  and  Adventure  in  New  Guinea.  1877  to  1885, . 1.50 

Pioneering  in  New  Guinea . 4,00 

Two  books  by  the  Rev.  James  Chalmers,  missionary  at  Port 
Moresby,  with  maps  and  illustrations  of'  the  London  Missionary 
Society. 


Winter  in  India  and  Malaysia.  M.  V.  B.  Knox,  D.  D . 

With  an  introduction  by  Bishop  J.  F.  Hurst,  D.  D. 

The  Golden  Chersonese.  (Malay  Peninsula.)  Mrs.  Isabella  Bird  Bishop. 

1883 . 

Another  book  by  this  well-known  traveler  and  writer,  describing 
also  somewhat  Siam  and  Burma. 


Java  :  The  Pearl  of  the  East.  S.  J.  Higginson.  1892 . 

This  is  a  volume  of  the  Riverside  Library  for  young  people,  and 
gives  a  concise  sketch  of  the  history  and  resources  of  Java. 

The  Southern  Cross  and  the  Southern  Crown  ;  or,  The  Gospel  in 

New  Zealand.  A.  L.  O.  E.  (Miss  Charlotte  Tucker).  1858, . 

Anything  that  Miss  Tucker  writes  is  sure  to  be  good,  and  no  one 
can  read  this  without  realizing  somewhat  the  work  that  has  been 
done  among  those  people. 


Persia. 

Missionary  interest  in  Persia  has  centered  chiefly  about  the  Nestorians, 
a  Christian  nation  occupyingthe  northwestern  section  and  spreading  over 
somewhat  into  Eastern  Turkey.  Attention  was  called  to  them  by  mission¬ 
aries  of  the  American  Board  early  in  the  present  century,  and  a  mission 
established  at  Oroomiah,  which  afterward  passed  under  the  care  of  the 
Presbyterian  Board.  The  work  has  been  enlarged  of  late  years  to  include 
that  among  the  Armenians,  many  of  whom  are  found  in  Northern  Persia 
and  some  among  the  Moslems.  The  Nestorian  church  is  not  unlike  the 
other  Oriental  churches— Armenian,  Jacobite,  and  others— though  in  its 
form  of  doctrine  it  is  perhaps  simpler  and  more  scriptural  than  they. 


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There  is.  however,  about  the  same  amount  of  priestly  ignorance  and 
superstition.  The  work  in  Northern  Persia  has  extended  south  to  include 
the  cities  of  Teheran,  Hamadan,  and  farther  south  still  the  Church  Mis¬ 
sionary  Society  of  England  has  a  station  in  the  suburbs  of  Ispahan,  with 
special  work  among  an  Armenian  colony  brought  there  during  the  past 
century.  The  Western  Persia  mission,  with  Oroomiah  for  its  centre,  has 
general  charge  of  work  among  the  Nestorians  and  Chaldeans  of  Eastern 
Turkey  and  Mesopotamia.  Books  of  general  reference  are  extremely 
valuable;  the  most  important  are  noted  below. 

Persia  and  the  Persians.  S.  G.  W.  Benjamin.  1886 . $4  00 

This  is  the  most  complete  book  on  Persia  within  the  reach  of  most 
readers.  Mr.  Benjamin,  the  son  of  a  missionary  of  the  American 
Board,  was  the  first  United  States  Minister  to  Persia.  His  knowledge 
of  Oriental  affairs  helped  him  very  much  to  form  just  opinions  on 


what  he  saw.  The  book  is  fully  illustrated. 

The  Story  of  Persia.  S.  G.  W.  Benjamin.  1887 . i-5° 

This  is  in  the  “Story  of  the  Nations’’  series,  and  has  the  same 
general  characteristics  as  the  larger  volume  by  the  same  author. 

Persia  and  the  Persian  Question.  George  N.  Curzon.  1893 . 12.00 


No  one  can  properly  understand  the  position  of  Persia  without 
some  knowledge  of  the  relations  subsisting  between  the  Shah  and  the 
various  European  governments,  especially  Great  Biitain  and  Russia. 

Its  situation  on  the  borders  of  the  Asiatic  provinces  of  Russia  and 
Afghanistan  give  it  a  certain  power,  and  there  has  for  many  years 
been  considerable  strife  between  England  and  Russia  as  to  which 
shall  have  the  predominating  influence.  The  chief  interest  for  Ameri¬ 
cans  in  the  matter  lies  in  the  fact  that  mission  work  depends  very 
largely  for  the  freedom  with  which  it  is  conducted  on  whether  the  in¬ 
fluence  of  England  or  Russia  is  most  strongly  felt  at  Teheran.  This 
book  is  by  far  the  best  in  that  line,  and  should  be  consulted  by  any 
who  may  wish  to  post  themselves  thoroughly  on  that  land. 

A  Year  Amongst  the  Persians.  Impressions  as  to  the  life,  character,  and 
thought  of  the  people  of  Persia,  received  during  twelve  months’  resi¬ 
dence  in  that  country  in  the  years  1887-8.  Edward  G.  Browne,  M.  A., 

M.  B.,  Fellow  of  Pembroke  College,  Cambridge,  and  lecturer  in  Per¬ 
sian  to  the  University  of  Cambridge.  Translator  of  A  Traveler's 
Narrative  to  Illustrate  the  Episode  of  the  Bab,  and  of  the  New  His¬ 
tory  of  Mirza  Ali  Muhammad  the  Bab,  . 6.00 

This  is  not  merely  a  book  of  travels  of  an  extremely  valuable  type, 
but  gives  the  best  popular  setting  forth  of  Babism,  a  somewhat  peculiar 
type  of  religion,  called  by  some  an  offshoot  from  Mohammedanism, 
and  by  others  held  to  be  of  radically  different  character. 

Journeys  in  Persia  and  Kurdistan.  Mrs.  Isabella  L.  (Bird)  Bishop,  .  6.50 
Mrs.  Bishop  is  a  well-known  traveler  who  has  tried  many  parts 
of  the  globe,  and  written  of  her  experiences  with  great  success.  This 
is  exceptionally  valuable,  both  from  the  unique  manner  in  which  she 
traveled  and  from  her  candid,  shrewd  observation  upon  mission  work. 


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Mrs.  Bishop  started  out  with  a  merely  general  belief  in  the  value  of 
missionary  enterprises.  She  returned  with  her  faith  in  them  fully 
established. 

Midnight  Marches  Through  Persia.  Henry  Ballantine . $2  50 

Mr.  Ballantine,  the  son  of  an  American  missionary  in  India,  passed 
through  Persia  with  his  family  on  his  way  to  America,  and  this  book 
is  the  record  of  his  adventures,  some  of  which  are  very  interesting. 

Persia  :  Eastern  Mission.  A  narrative  of  the  founding  and  fortunes 
of  the  Eastern  Persian  mission,  with  a  sketch  of  the  versions  of  the 
Bible,  and  of  Christian  literature  in  the  Persian  and  Persian-Turkish 


languages.  1890, . 1.25 

Persia:  Land  of  the  Imams.  1886 . 1.50 


T  wo  valuable  books  to  those  who  are  interested  in  Persian  mis¬ 
sions.  The  author,  the  Rev.  James  Bassett,  is  a  pleasant  writer  and 
is  thoroughly  qualified  by  his  long  residence  in  Teheran  as  missionary 
of  the  Presbyterian  Board  to  speak  authoritatively.  The  latter  book 
is  perhaps  the  most  valuable. 

Henry  Martyn.  Saint  and  scholar.  The  first  modern  missionary  to  the 

Mohammedans.  Geo.  Smith,  LL.  D., . 3.00 

This  by  the  well-known  Secretary  of  the  Foreign  Mission  Com¬ 
mittee  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland  and  the  biographer  of  Carey 


and  Duff,  is  by  far  the  best  of  the  many  lives  of  Martyn. 

Henry  Martyn.  His  life  and  labors.  Jesse  Page, . 75 

A  smaller  but  useful  and  interesting  book. 

A  Sennessean  in  Persia.  Memoir  of  Samuel  Audley  Rhea.  Dwight 

W.  Marsh . 2.00 


Mr.  Rhea  was  a  most  devoted  missionary  and  especially  interested 
in  the  Mountain  Nestorians  and  Kurds.  This  book  gives  an  excel¬ 
lent  picture  not  only  of  his  life  but  of  the  people  among  whom  he 
labored. 

Faith  Working  by  Love.  Memoir  of  Miss  Fidelia  Fiske,  one  of  the 


earliest  missionaries  to  the  Nestorians  and  the  founder  of  the  female 

seminary  at  Oroomiah,  D.  T.  Fiske,  D.D. . 1.50 

Invaluable  not  merely  as  a  sketch  of  a  noble  woman’s  life  but  as 
showing  the  early  history  of  mission  work  in  that  land. 

Woman  and  Her  Saviour  in  Persia.  Thomas  Laurie,  D.D . 1.25 


A  sketch  of  the  life  and  work  of  Miss  Fidelia  Fiske.  It  is  less 
biographical  than  the  preceding  and  has  even  more  of  general  descrip¬ 
tion. 

Life  of  the  Rev.  Justin  Perkins,  D.  D.,  by  his  son,  Rev.  Henry  M.  Per¬ 
kins.  1885, . 30 

A  short  but  intensely  interesting  sketch  of  this  honored  founder  of 
the  mission  to  the  Nestorians. 

Dr.  Grant  and  the  Mountain  Nestorians. 

A  sketch  of  the  early  mission  work  among  those  people,  intense 
interesting  and  valuable,  but  unfortunately  out  of  print  and  only  stray 
copies  are  to  be  found. 


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Siam  and  Laos.  PRICB 

Siam  is  in  some  respects  one  of  the  most  progressive  of  the  Asiatic 
countries  The  king,  who  was  educated  by  Christian  teachers,  has  always 
shown  great  interest  in  mission  work  and  has  so  far  as  possible  introduced 
Western  civilization.  Bangkok  is  a  surprisingly  European  cty  m  many 

^Mission  work  was  commenced  by  the  well-known  pioneer  >*•  &**- 
laff  of  the  Netherlands  Missionary  Society,  in  1829,  at  Bangkok,  as  an  en 
Sing  wedge  to  China.  Later  the  American  Board  took  it  up,  and  then 
passed  it  over  to  the  Presbyterian  Board  which  is  now  the  sole  occupant. 

There  are  two  missions  in  Siam  proper,  with  Bangkok  as  its  centre  an  in 
Laos  the  hill  country  to  the  north.  The  latter  is  in  many  respects  the 
most  interesting  on  account  of  the  character  of  the  people  who  are  much 
more  simple  and  straightforward.  The  work  among  them  for  the  last  few 
years  has  been  almost  phenomenal.  The  Siamese  are  rather  effeminate 
Special  attention  has  been  called  to  Siam  of  late  by  the  aggressions  of- 
France.  The  religion  of  the  country  is  Buddhism  and  .or  tne  books  on 
their  religion  see  India  and  the  general  section. 

One  Thousand  Miles  on  an  Elephant  in  the  Shan  States.  Holt  S. 

HallThis  is  an  intensely  interesting  book  of  travels  through  Northern 
Siam,  written  by  one  who  passed  through  the  country  on  a  special 
commission  from  the  King  on  general  surveys  for  railroads,  etc.  Mr. 

Hallett  had  the  good  fortune  of  having  as  an  associate  in  his  journey 
D  C.  McGilvary,  D.D.,  the  veteran  missionary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Board  among  the  Laos.  Dr.  McGilvary  gives  his  own  personal  testi¬ 
mony  to  the  correctness  and  value  of  the  book. 

Siam  and  Laos,  as  seen  by  the  American  Missionaries,  .  ••••••  •  ^ 

This  is  almost  the  only  book  dealing  with  the  direct  missionary 
work  among  those  peoples.  It  is  composed  of  special  papers  pre- 
pared  by  the  missionaries  on  different  phases  of  the  \\oi  . 
profusely  illustrated  and  contains  a  large  amount  of  general  informa¬ 
tion. 

Siam,  the  Heart  of  Farther  India.  Mary  L.  Cort,  T-75 

Miss  Cort.  for  eighteen  years  an  active  and  successful  missionary, 
gives  here  in  a  bright,  easy,  pleasant  style  a  sketch  not  only  of  the 
general  country,  but  of  the  missionary  work  and  progress.  It  touches 
very  fully  upon  the  home  life  of  the  people. 

Among  the  Shans.  A.  R-  Colquhoun.  1885 . 5-°° 

A  standard  book  on  the  country. 

An  English  Governess  at  the  Siamese  Court.  Mrs.  A.  H.  Leono-  ^ 

^A  somewhat  highly  colored  but  very  entertaining  book  describing 
the  experiences  of  the  author  in  the  Siamese  Court. 

Siam  ;  the  Land  of  the  White  Elephant.  G.  B.  Bacon.  1873 . 5° 


frice 

.  $8.00 


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Kingdom  and  People  of  Siam.  Sir  John  Bowring.  1857, 

A  standard  work  on  the  country. 

Eastern  Side;  or,  Missionary  Life  in  Siam.  Mrs.  F.  R.  Feudge.  1871,  1.50 

I  his  book  represents  a  view  of  Siam  from  the  standpoint  of  a 
Baptist  missionary. 

Land  of  the  White  Elephant.  F.  Vincent.  1873,  .  ;  7 . 

A  general  descriptive  book  of  the  country  of  Siam. 


Turkey. 

The  Turkish  Empire,  as  referred  to  in  missionary  history,  books,  and 
periodicals,  includes  the  greater  portion  of  the  Balkan  peninsula  the 
whole  of  Asia  Minor  from  Constantinople  to  the  borders  of  Persia  Me¬ 
sopotamia,  Syria,  and  Palestine  and  Arabia.  Egypt  and  Northern  Africa 
are  sometimes  included,  but  ordinarily  references  to  them  are  distinct. 
Iu6  are  divided  primarily  by  religion  into  Moslem  and  Christian 
The  Moslem  races  are  the  Ottoman  Turks,  Arabs,  Kurds,  Circassians,  Tur¬ 
comans,  and  a  variety  of  smaller  tribes  such  as  the  Druses,  Albanians,  and 
others.  The  Christian  races  are  Armenians,  Greeks,  Bulgarians  Jacob¬ 
ites  Maromtes,  and  Chaldeans.  The  Ottoman  Turks  are  found  chiefly 
in  Asia  Minor.  In  the  Balkan  peninsula  they  are  confined  almost  entirely 
o  the  section  between  Constantinople  and  Adrianople.  The  Arabs  are 
found  all  through  Mesopotamia  and  Arabia  and  a  considerable  element  in 
Syria.  The  Kurds  extend  from  the  mountains  of  the  Persian  border 
through  the  mountainous  sections  of  Asia  Minor.  The  other  Moslem 
tnbes  are  likewise  in  different  sections.  The  Armenians  are  found 
throughout  Asia  Minor  and  northern  Syria,  Bulgarians  in  Bulgaria  and 
Macedonia  and  the  Balkan  peninsula,  the  Greeks  in  localities  throughout 
Asia  Minor  and  Macedonia,  the  Maronites  in  Syria,  Jacobi.es  and  Chal¬ 
deans  in  Mesopotamia. 

The  missionary  organizations  at  work  are  chiefly  the  American 
Board,  with  general  headquarters  at  Constantinople,  and  including  the 
greater  part  of  the  Balkan  peninsula  and  the  whole  of  Asia  Minor;  the 
Presbyterian  Board,  with  headquarters  at  Beirut  and  Mosul,  through 
Syria  and  central  Mesopotamia  (this  latter  work  connected  with  the  mis¬ 
sion  in  Western  Persia);  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Board  (Covenanter) 
does  work  among  the  Nusairiyeb  in  the  sections  about  Antioch  and  Tar¬ 
sus  ;  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  has  a  mission  in  Northern  Bulgaria. 
There  are  also  a  number  of  other  organizations  established  in  Syria  and 
Palestine.  The  Church  Missionary  Society  of  England  has  the  largest 
force  though  the  Friends,  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  and  the  Free  and  Estab¬ 
lished  Church  of  Scotland  do  a  considerable  work.  There  are  also  a 
number  of  educational  institutions  established  in  Syria  for  work  under 
English  auspices,  and  considerable  work  done  among  the  Jews  by  a 
large  number  of  organizations. 

The  American  Board  works  chiefly  among  Armenians,  Greeks  Bul¬ 
garians  Jacobites,  and  Turks;  the  Presbyterian  Board  among  Maronites, 
Jacobites,  Chaldeans  and  Nestorians,  and  the  Moslem  Arabs ;  the  Metho- 


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dist  Episcopal  Church  among  the  Bulgarians.  Some  work  among  the 
Armenians  is  carried  on  by  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  the  Friends,  and  Bap¬ 
tists.  For  books  on  mission  work  among  the  Nestorians  see  Persia. 

Histo-y  of  the  Ottoman  Turks.  E.  S.  Creasy.  . . . 

The  work  of  missions  in  Turkey  is  so  thoroughly  identified  with 
the  history  of  the  Empire  that  no  one  can  understand  it  without  a 
pretty  clear  comprehension  of  that  history.  Not  only  is  it  essential  in 
order  to  a  clear  apprehension  of  the  difficulties  met  by  the  mission¬ 
aries  in  their  work,  but  also  in  order  to  an  appreciation  of  the  nature 
of  the  problems  the  missionaries  are  to  meet.  For  example,  the  mis¬ 
sionaries  have  been  severely  criticised  by  some  for  undertaking  work 
among  the  nominal  Christians  of  the  Empire  instead  of  confining  their 
entire  efforts  10  the  Moslems  or  Jews.  The  reason  for  this  will  be 
made  apparent  as  the  development  of  the  Christian  communities  is 
understood.  So  again  the  question  of  special  Protestant  communi¬ 
ties  has  been  one  arousing  considerable  discussion.  The  necessity  of 
such  communities  will  be  made  apparent  only  as  the  early  history  of 
the  relations  between  the  Moslem  rulers  and  their  Christian  subjects 
are  understood.  Hence  a  knowledge  of  Turkish  history  is  essential 
to  an  understanding  of  mission  work  in  the  Turkish  Empire.  There 
are  a  number  of  histories  and  books  on  Turkey,  but  probably  the  best 
general  history  is  this  of  Creasy’s. 

The  Caliphate  :  Its  Rise,  Decline,  and  Fall.  Sir  William  Muir.  1891,  4.20 
There  is  no  writer  better  qualified  to  touch  this  subject  than  Sir 
William  Muir,  who  has  also  written  the  Life  of  Mahomet ,  Mahomet 
and-  Islam,  and  some  other  books  of  the  same  general  character. 

While  not  as  essential  for  the  ordinary  reader  as  the  history  above 
mentioned,  it  is  invaluable  to  those  who  desire  a  more  thorough 
acquaintance  with  the  problem  of  Christian  work  among  Moslems. 

It  sets  forth  more  clearly  and  thoroughly  than  any  other  book  the  con¬ 
ditions  attending  the  rise  of  the  great  Moslem  power,  and  as  such  it 
is  invaluable. 

Turkey.  Edson  L.  Clark . 2  00 

A  general  description  of  the  empire. 

Among  the  Turks.  1877 . 1  50 

My  Life  and  Times.  1897, . . . T’T  ’  V  ’n’  '  2  5° 

These  two  books  by  the  veteran  missionary  Cyrus  Hamlin,  D.  ., 
the  founder  of  Robert  College,  are  invaluable  for  their  general  descrip¬ 
tion  of  life  in  Turkey.  They  are  both  books  of  general  interest 
bright,  entertaining,  and  descriptive,  and  charming  to  the  general 
reader.  There  is  very  little  of  complete  description,  but  many 
sketches,  which,  after  all,  give  a  better  idea  of  the  country  and  its 
people  than  many  more  pretentious  books.  They  refer  especially  to 
Turks,  Armenians,  Greeks,  and  Bulgarians. 

Turkish  Life  in  War-time.  Henry  O.  Dwight.  1881,.  •••••••  I’5° 

Mr.  Dwight  is  a  missionary  of  the  American  Board  in  Constanti¬ 
nople,  and  this  book  is  based  upon  a  series  of  letters  sent  by  him  to  the 


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New  York  Tribune  during  the  Russo-Turkish  war  of  1877-78.  It  gives 
a  very  vivid  picture  of  the  life  at  that  time  in  Constantinople  and  a 
valuable  view  of  the  condition  of  work  at  the  time. 

Forty  Years  in  the  Turkish  Empire;  or,  Memoirs  of  Rev.  William 

Goodell,  D.  D.  E.  D.  G.  Prime,  D.  D.  1883 . $1.50 

Dr.  Goodell  was  one  of  the  pioneer  missionaries  to  Turkey  and  a 
man  whose  personality  entered  into  his  work  most  effectively.  He 
was  identified  with  the  life  of  missions  there  for  nearly’  half  a  century. 

A  charming  letter-writer,  this  book  is  based  upon  his  personal  letters, 
and  should  be  read  by  every  one  interested  in  that  empire  and  Chris¬ 
tian  work,  especially  among  the  Armenians.  Dr.  Goodell  prepared 
the  first  version  of  the  Bible  in  Turkish  for  the  numbers  of  Armenians 
who  used  the  Turkish  language. 

Autobiography  of  William  G.  Schauffler,  D.  D.  Edited  by  his  sons. 

1887 . 1.25 

Dr.  Schauffler  was  associated  with  Drs.  Goodell,  Riggs,  Hamlin, 
and  others,  and  was  especially  interested  in  work  among  the  Moslems 
and  Jews.  He  prepared  a  version  of  the  Bible  in  Judaeo-Spanish,  and 
his  later  years  were  given  particularly  to  the  translation  of  the  Bible 
into  what  is  known  as  the  Osmanli  Turkish— that  is,  the  Turkish 
printed  in  the  Arabic  character  for  special  use  by  the  Turks. 

The  Romance  of  Missions  ;  or,  Inside  Views  of  Life  and  Labor  in  the 

Land  of  Ararat.  Maria  A.  West.  1876 . 2.00 

Miss  West  was  identified  with  the  earlier  efforts  for  the  education 
of  women  in  Constantinople,  and  later  with  general  evangelistic  work 
for  women,  in  the  city  of  Harput,  in  Eastern  Turkey.  The  book  is  writ¬ 
ten  in  a  charming  style,  and  gives  many  illustrations  of  the  develop¬ 
ment  of  Christian  work,  chiefly  among  the  Armenians. 

Missions  of  the  American  Board  to  the  Oriental  Churches.  Rufus 

Anderson,  D.  D.  2  vols.  1872, . 2.00 

These  two  volumes  cover  the  earlier  work  among  the  Armenians, 
Greeks,  Nestorians,  Jacobites,  and  Maronites.  They  furnish  the  only- 
consecutive  history  of  mission  work  during  the  first  forty  years— from 
1830  to  1870. 

Life  Scenes  in  the  Mountains  of  Ararat.  Moses  P.  Parmelee.  1868,  . 

A  book  of  sketches  by  a  missionary  of  the  American  Board, 
among  the  Armenians  at  Erzrum  and  Trebizond.  There  are  refer¬ 
ences  to  Turks  and  Kurds. 

On  Horseback  in  Cappadocia.  J.  O.  Barrows, . 

Mr.  Barrows  was  a  missionary  of  the  American  Board  stationed 
at  Caesarea,  and  this  book  gives  sketches  of  missionary  tours  through¬ 
out  Central  Asia  Minor,  among  Turks,  Armenians,  and  Greeks. 

Talks  on  the  Veranda  in  a  Far-away  Land.  Charles  C.  Tracey. 

1892 . 

This  little  book,  by  a  missionary  of  the  American  Board  in  Con¬ 
stantinople  and  Marsovan,  gives  many  phases  of  mission  work 
throughout  Asiatic  Turkey.  It  is  full  of  incident  and  very  instructive 
as  to  the  Turks,  Armenians,  and  Greeks. 


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Ten  Years  on  the  Euphrates,  . 

Letters  from  Eden,  . 

Little  Children  in  Eden . 

Daughters  of  Armenia,  .... 

These  four  books,  by  C. 
are  very  interesting  sketches 
among  the  Armenians. 


H.  Wheeler,  D.  D.,  and  Mrs.  Wheeler, 
of  mission  work  in  Eastern  Turkey, 


Life  in  Asiatic  Turkey.  A  journal  of  travel  in  Cilicia,  Isauria,  and 
parts  of  Lycaonia.  E.  G.  Davis.  London.  1879,  .  . . 


The  Armenians ;  or,  The  People  of  Ararat.  Rev.  M.  C.  Gabrielian, 


m.  . . . . 

Social  and  Religious  Life  in  the  Orient.  K.  H.  Basmajian, . 

These  two  books  are  by  Protestant  Armenians,  and  give  much  of 
the  history  and  present  condition  of  Christian  life  and  work  in  the 
Orient,  from  their  standpoint. 


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Syria. 

The  Land  and  the  Book.  Wm.  M.  Thomson.  3  vols . . l8-°° 

This  book,  by  the  veteran  missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board, 
is  invaluable,  not  merely  for  its  general  description  of  the  country  and 
its  elucidation  of  Bible  references,  but  for  its  bearing  on  present  mis¬ 
sionary  problems  and  life.  It  should  be  in  every  Sunday-school  or 
church  library. 

The  Mohammedan  Missionary  Problem.  Henry  H.  Jessup,  D.  D.  1879,  .75 

A  sketch  of  the  essential  elements  that  must  enter  into  any  work 
for  Mohammedans,  especially  illustrating  the  divine  method  of  pre- 
paring  them  for  this  work. 

The  Women  of  the  Arabs.  1873, . .  •  2  00 

Syrian  Home  Life . 1-25 

Children  of  the  East, . .  90 

These  three  books,  by  Dr.  Jessup,  the  well-known  missionary  of 
the  Presbyterian  Board,  are  very  interesting  sketches  of  that  country 
and  its  people.  The  former  of  the  books  has  a  most  interesting  chap¬ 
ter  for  children.  The  term  Arab  here  includes  Christians  as  well  as 
Moslems. 

Bible  Work  in  Bible  Lands.  James  Bird, . I-5C 

A  sketch  of  missions  in  Syria  and  Palestine  by  one  of  the  earliest 
American  missionaries  to  those  lands. 

The  Ride  Through  Palestine.  J.  W.  Dulles, . 20< 

A  popular  book  on  Palestine  as  it  is.  It  is  fully  supplied  with  maps 
and  illustrations.  A  very  valuable  hand-book. 

Sweet  First-Fruits:  A  Tale  of  the  Nineteenth  Century  on  the  Truth 
and  Virtue  of  the  Christian  Religion.  Translated  from  the  Arabic 

and  abridged,  with  an  introduction  by  Sir  William  Muir . 1 .0 

An  Oriental  romance  founded  on  facts,  relating  the  history  of 
several  martyr  confessors,  with  a  view  to  appealing  to  Mohammedans. 


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The  author  is  stated  to  be  a  Syrian  convert,  whose  name,  however, 
cannot  be  divulged.  Recommended  by  ail  who  have  read  it  as  ex¬ 
tremely  valuable. 

Five  Years  in  Damascus.  J.  L.  Porter, . |3.75 

The  Life  of  Mahomet . 5  6o 

Sir  William  Muir.  The  standard  book  on  the  subject.  There  is 
none  better. 

A  Dictionary  of  Islam.  A  Cyclopaedia  of  Doctrines,  Rites,  Ceremonies, 
and  Customs,  and  Technical  and  Theological  Terms.  T.  P.  Hughes, 

. . i6.8o 

Dr.  Hughes  was  for  some  years  a  missionary  of  the  Church  Mis¬ 
sionary  Society  of  England  in  India.  His  book  is  invaluable  as  a  be  jk 
of  reference. 


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